manner

noun

1. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything

2. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing

   “His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.”

3. One's customary method of acting; habit.

   “These people have strange manners.”

4. Good, polite behaviour.

5. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

6. A certain degree or measure.

   “It is in a manner done already.”

7. Sort; kind; style.

   “All manner of persons participate.”

8. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

9. How something is done or how it happens

   “her dignified manner”

   “his rapid manner of talking”

   “their nomadic mode of existence”

   Similar: mode, style, way, fashion