mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈma-nərd 

1

: having manners of a specified kind

well-mannered

2

a

: having or displaying a particular manner

b

: having an artificial or stilted character

… passages are so mannered as to be unintelligible …

—R. G. G. Price

Examples of mannered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The soft-spoken, mild-mannered 44-year-old Belgian Italian designer has, this year, been creative director of the French mega-brand for a decade. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Though the mild-mannered receiver would never say it, there is probably nobody happier that Hollywood Brown moved on to the Philadelphia Eagles and JuJu Smith-Schuster moved on to the New York Giants. — Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026

The Rat Queen is Riley Pinkerton, mild-mannered doom priestess and Brooklyn artist, whose musical and visual dreams fuel her band’s raging odyssey. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026

The mild-mannered married dad of two young adult children ticks off a laundry list of advocacy and policy achievements, especially affordable housing, tenants and workers rights, racial justice and improving public schools, like the ones his kids attended in Park Slope. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mannered

• ill-mannered
• mild-mannered
• well-mannered

Kids Definition

mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈman-ərd 

: having manners of a specified kind

well-mannered

mild-mannered