what manner of

phrase

old-fashioned + literary

: what kind or sort of

What manner of person could have committed such a crime?

What manner of woman is she to have done something like that?

Examples of what manner of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The speedy service makes one wonder what manner of sorcery is about in the kitchen. — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2022

So what manner of collective action predicament enables short-term financial market prices to diverge from longer-term productive value? — Robert Hockett, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021

What did dolphin networking accomplish, and what manner of information or benefits might be shared among associates? — Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 1 June 2015

Rhymes for what manner of

• hereinabove
• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove