1 (disapproving) (of behaviour, art, writing, etc.) trying to impress people by being formal and not natural:
His prose style is far too mannered and self-conscious. * deliberately slow and mannered movements
2 (-mannered) (in compounds) having the type of manners mentioned:
a well-mannered child * a mild-mannered person
seealsoILL-MANNERED
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mannered is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is mannered a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, mannered is tagged as adjective.
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