About The Word Mannered
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Mannered
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What's The Definition Of Mannered?
[adj] having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mannered: affected | unnatural Related Terms | Find terms related to Mannered: affected | allusive | artificial | behaved | behavioral | behaviored | behaviorist | behavioristic | conscious | contrived | demeanored | elaborate | elaborated | euphuistic | figurative | figured | flowery | Gongoresque | Gongoristic | highfalutin | high-hat | histrionic | hoity-toity | hyperelegant | hypocritical | insincere | la-di-da | maniere | Marinistic | metaphorical | ornamented | overacted | overdone | overelaborate | overelegant | overnice | overrefined | pompous | posed | precieuse | precieux | precious | pretentious | pseudo | referential | stagy | stiff | stilted | studied | theatrical | trolatitious | tropological | unnatural See Also | Mannered In Webster's Dictionary \Man"nered\, a.
1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and
conducting one's self.
Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered
as she is born. --Shak.
2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some
characteristic peculiarity.
His style is in some degree mannered and confined.
--Hazlitt.
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