Meaning of MANNERED
| Pronunciation: | | 'manurd
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| | Definition: | | [adj] having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom" |
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| | Synonyms: | | affected, unnatural |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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