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mannered
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective mannered has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
mannered, a.
- Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child. [1913 Webster]"Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered as she is born." [1913 Webster] - Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. [1913 Webster]"His style is in some degree mannered and confined." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mannered, adj.
1 (in comb.) behaving in a specified way (ill-mannered; well-mannered).
2 (of a style, artist, writer, etc.) showing idiosyncratic mannerisms.
3 (of a person) eccentrically affected in behaviour.
1 (in comb.) behaving in a specified way (ill-mannered; well-mannered).
2 (of a style, artist, writer, etc.) showing idiosyncratic mannerisms.
3 (of a person) eccentrically affected in behaviour.
THESAURUS
mannered
Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, affected, allusive, artificial, behaved, behavioral, behaviored, behaviorist, behavioristic, conscious, contrived, demeanored, elaborate, elaborated, euphuistic, figurative, figured, flowery, high-hat, highfalutin, histrionic, hoity-toity, hyperelegant, hypocritical, insincere, la-di-da, maniere, metaphorical, ornamented, overacted, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overnice, overrefined, pompous, posed, precieuse, precieux, precious, pretentious, pseudo, referential, stagy, stiff, stilted, studied, theatrical, trolatitious, tropological, unnaturalROGET THESAURUS
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Inelegance
N inelegance, stiffness, unlettered Muse, barbarism, slang, solecism, mannerism, euphuism, fustian, cacophony, words that break the teeth, words that dislocate the jaw, marinism, inelegant, graceless, ungraceful, harsh, abrupt, dry, stiff, cramped, formal, guinde, forced, labored, artificial, mannered, ponderous, awkward, uncourtly, unpolished, turgid, affected, euphuistic, barbarous, uncouth, grotesque, rude, crude, halting, offensive to ears polite, Spoken Language.
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