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Of course, in a Wes Anderson film, those feuds are resolved through things like a very mannered game of basketball and a quippy standoff involving a hand grenade.
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Chris Stanton, Vulture, 13 June 2025
The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.
—Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
Her owner is a nice young man who is well mannered and polite.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Sedgwick’s mannered syntax and dissective dialogue mark her as a committed Jamesian.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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Chris Stanton, Vulture, 13 June 2025
The scale asks whether a respondent tends to prefer children who are obedient, well behaved and well mannered or children who are independent, creative and considerate.
—Adam Eichen, The Conversation, 11 June 2025
Her owner is a nice young man who is well mannered and polite.
—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 30 May 2025
Sedgwick’s mannered syntax and dissective dialogue mark her as a committed Jamesian.
—Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannered. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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mannered
adjective
man·nered
ˈman-ərd 
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
mild-mannered
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