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The novel concerns a disgraced former professor (the Man) and his mannered raging against women (one in particular, but really, of course, all women), looking at real estate after the Fall.
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The play is worth a closer look, because Young’s reaction was so out of character for the mild-mannered quarterback.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Dano, meanwhile, is up to something much more mysterious and mannered, speaking in a gentle singsong that takes a little bit of getting used to.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
The language is mannered throughout, a touch Jane Austen and a touch Laurence Sterne.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
The play is worth a closer look, because Young’s reaction was so out of character for the mild-mannered quarterback.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
Dano, meanwhile, is up to something much more mysterious and mannered, speaking in a gentle singsong that takes a little bit of getting used to.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025
The language is mannered throughout, a touch Jane Austen and a touch Laurence Sterne.
—Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mannered
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mannered. Accessed 15 Sep. 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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