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Manner Style Thing Satire Dickens Professional Dressed Observe

query
If something is done in the m_____ of something else, it is done in the style of that thing.If something is done in the manner of something else, it is done in the style of that thing.
It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens.
word manner
full-definition
noun
The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it.
She smiled again in a friendly manner.
I'm a professional and I have to conduct myself in a professional manner.
The manner in which young children are spoken to varies depending on who is present.
If something is done in the manner of something else, it is done in the style of that thing.
It's a satire somewhat in the manner of Dickens.
combining form
Someone's manner is the way in which they behave and talk when they are with other people, for example whether they are polite, confident, or bad-tempered .
His manner was self-assured and brusque.
Her manner offstage, like her manner on, is somewhat surly.
Forrest was normally mild-mannered, affable, and untalkative.
The British are considered ill-mannered, badly dressed and unsophisticated.
If someone has good manners, they are polite and observe social customs . If someone has bad manners, they are impolite and do not observe these customs.
He dressed well and had impeccable manners.
The manners of many doctors were appalling.
They taught him his manners.
inflections manners-mannered
cefr-level A2

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