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Recent Examples of mannered
There’s nothing to stop them, but the Relais & Châteaux is a more mannered hotel than others on offer in the city.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
Even Gill, the most mild-mannered Wizards player, got swept up in the emotion, at one point standing over Orlando’s Desmond Bane to send a message.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The camera, while keenly observant, maintains a mannered distance within the confines of Compassion House, a caring facility where some teens are sent by their families, and others are ordered by local courts while strapped with ankle monitors too large for their legs.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
Enemy stars Jake Gyllenhaal in a dual role as a mild-mannered professor who discovers there’s someone in his city, an obscure actor, who looks exactly like him.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
Even Gill, the most mild-mannered Wizards player, got swept up in the emotion, at one point standing over Orlando’s Desmond Bane to send a message.
—Josh Robbins, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
The camera, while keenly observant, maintains a mannered distance within the confines of Compassion House, a caring facility where some teens are sent by their families, and others are ordered by local courts while strapped with ankle monitors too large for their legs.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
Enemy stars Jake Gyllenhaal in a dual role as a mild-mannered professor who discovers there’s someone in his city, an obscure actor, who looks exactly like him.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannered
Adjective
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With its exaggerated collar and slim-fitting pants, this outfit is the definition of elevated athleisure.—
Isabel Bekele,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mario himself is played mostly straight by Pratt, subduing the exaggerated Italian accent from the games, while retaining the underdog aspect of a blue collar guy burdened with greater purpose.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In The Menu, a 2022 dark comedy that satirizes ultra-fine dining during a pretentious and ultimately violent dinner, Graham’s seaweed appears in the very first course, dramatically draped over a plate of rocks.—
Megan Zhang,
Saveur,
8 Apr. 2026
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The service Finessed but friendly, high touch but never pretentious.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The gesture is sentimental, showy, and, in all its glitz, moving in a way that haunts me.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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But these were more like performance anomalies than the showy rule of the evening.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The words feel heavy and unnatural when O'Neal repeats them back to the doctor, like trying to blow a bubble and spitting out rocks instead.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
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Bolton said unsatisfied transplant recipients are coming to him with unnatural hairlines.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Jack has made waves for approaching politics with a studied unseriousness and welcoming controversy.—
Emily Kelleher,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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Despite the messiness of her subject matter, Parks can sound very studied.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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However, some are cautious to laud the partnership out of fear of what has happened time and again with self-conscious users (who are primarily underage) on social media platforms.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Throughout our interview, Cardi seems self-conscious about vocalizing her anxieties, not about the anxieties themselves, but there are so many of them spewing out of her.—
Jazmine Hughes,
Allure,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Elsa’s story is quickly revealed as fiction, written by Raúl, a film director in 2026 (Argentina’s Leonardo Sbaraglia, an Almodovar look-alike in his flamboyant bouffant white hair).—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
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Catherine O'Hara, who died suddenly in January, played matriarch Moira Rose, a flamboyant former soap opera star.—
Anthony Mason,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In equally ostentatious fashion, Corey Gamble showed off a rare gold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak that is rumored to be reserved for just 50 VIP clients.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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To be sure, nothing here is an ostentatious gastronomical experiment; Peacock Alley serves pigs in a blanket.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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