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Article: manner
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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man·ner
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ˈmanər
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n.
1.
a way in which a thing is done or happens:
taking notes in an unobtrusive manner.
∎
a style in literature or art:
a dramatic poem
in the manner of
Goethe.
∎
Gram.
a semantic category of adverbs and adverbials that answer the question “how?”:
an adverb of manner.
∎
(
manner of
)
chiefly
poetic/lit.
a kind or sort of:
what manner of man is he?
2.
a person's outward bearing or way of behaving toward others:
his arrogance and pompous manner
a shy and diffident manner.
3.
(
manners
)
polite or well-bred social behavior:
didn't your mother teach ...
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Article: JORDAN: DEPUTIES CONDEMN TIMING, MANNER OF SADDAM HUSSEIN'S EXECUTION.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database;
January 8, 2007 ;
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...According to Jordan Times , the Lower House condemned the timing and manner of the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, as...execution on the dawn of the Holy Eid Al Adha, in a peculiar manner, without taking into consideration the feelings of millions...
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