manner
noun
1 the matter was dealt with in a very efficient manner:
way, fashion, mode, means, method, system, style, approach, technique, procedure, process, methodology, modus operandi, form, routine, practice.
2 she had a rather unfriendly manner:
demeanor, air, aspect, attitude, appearance, look, bearing, cast, deportment, behavior, conduct;
comportment, mien.
3 (manners) the life and manners of Victorian society:
customs, habits, ways, practices, conventions, usages.
4 (manners) it's bad manners to stare:
social behavior, behavior, conduct, way of behaving, form, social habit.
5 (manners) you ought to teach him some manners:
correct behavior, etiquette, social graces, good form, protocol, politeness, decorum, propriety, gentility, civility, formalities, niceties, Ps and Qs, breeding;
French politesse;
informal the done thing;
archaic convenances.
▷antonyms rudeness, bad behavior.