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 … so mannered as to be unintelligible

—R. G. G. Price

Examples of mannered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The trailer sees the initially mild-mannered Linda turn the tables on an injured Bradley, asserting dominance over him as the person with real survival skills. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025

Even its acceleration feels more like a powerful gas pickup rather than a mild-mannered EV. —Charles Singh, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025

Indeed, even the normally mild-mannered Justice Stephen Breyer, who retired from the court in 2022, leaped to the defense of Reagan appointee William Young, the author of the decision Gorsuch criticized. —Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025

Somehow, the man responsible for all of this is a mild-mannered British Unitarian who loves model trains and folk music, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with a picnic on a Welsh mountain. —Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mannered

• ill-mannered
• well-mannered

Kids Definition

mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈman-ərd 

: having manners of a specified kind

well-mannered

mild-mannered