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Watada cuts between mannered conversations in the dining hall and a character playing a raucous drum solo.
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Canadian Shane is mild-mannered, sheltered and bred for his success by his hockey helicopter parents.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Directed by Adam Rodgers, the indie sees Garcia plays George, a mild-mannered heart surgeon tagging along with his teenage son (Lofranco) on a tour of the campus at Middleton College.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Her most mild-mannered heroines snoop through curtains and hedges; at their most audacious, her spinsters whip out binoculars and sneak uninvited into other people’s homes.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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Kambole Campbell, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
Canadian Shane is mild-mannered, sheltered and bred for his success by his hockey helicopter parents.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
Directed by Adam Rodgers, the indie sees Garcia plays George, a mild-mannered heart surgeon tagging along with his teenage son (Lofranco) on a tour of the campus at Middleton College.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Her most mild-mannered heroines snoop through curtains and hedges; at their most audacious, her spinsters whip out binoculars and sneak uninvited into other people’s homes.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannered. Accessed 18 Dec. 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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