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Recent Examples of mannered
As for the music, it’s aptly encoded with cosmic winks and shrugs — layers of paradoxical noises that feel messy and mannered, casual and serious, loose and tight, hungry and wise.
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
The book follows two former best friends and travel buddies—an adventurous blogger and a mild-mannered English teacher—who reunite to renew their summer tradition of going on vacation together and realize their relationship may be something more.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Watada cuts between mannered conversations in the dining hall and a character playing a raucous drum solo.
—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
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Chris Richards, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2026
The book follows two former best friends and travel buddies—an adventurous blogger and a mild-mannered English teacher—who reunite to renew their summer tradition of going on vacation together and realize their relationship may be something more.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
Watada cuts between mannered conversations in the dining hall and a character playing a raucous drum solo.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mannered
Adjective
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The result is exaggerated price moves, especially in smaller precious metals markets, where relatively modest inflows can push prices sharply higher, making the rally feel detached from traditional supply-and-demand dynamics.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
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Rowland maintained the sharp lines of the shoes and paired them with an oversize sculptural jacket with exaggerated lapels, with nothing underneath.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Elevated with an ever-evolving menu of dishes in a non-pretentious yet upscale environment, Forty 1 is led by Chef Lindsey Dale who is no stranger to fresh, local ingredients, and who also works closely with local purveyors.—
David Duran,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Ralph Reed reminded me that, for Faith & Freedom and many similar conservative organizations, there are no showy national rallies.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The service The service is fantastic, but never over the top or showy.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Others forced users to pause for several seconds between words, which made the conversation feel unnatural.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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If anything, Amorim proved too defiantly wedded to his own ‘way’, a 3-4-2-1 system which had to force-fit players into unnatural roles.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Neves Valente, 48, was a Portuguese national and studied physics at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001, according to Brown President Christina Paxson.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Dec. 2025
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In some ways, her approach to design is very studied and methodical.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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The self-conscious aspiration to hipness here is unfortunate and decidedly not cool, but some may find such affectations quaint.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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Jaime has spent half her life watching herself from a self-conscious remove.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dua Lipa’s shoes complemented an ensemble from the Métiers d’Art collection, a look which was businessy in its silhouette yet flamboyant in its colors and pattern.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Oh, and there’s also a splashy new museum for contemporary art, MICAS, which opened last year with an inaugural exhibition by the flamboyant Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dell is not trying to be ostentatious.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Besides, $500 gets you a pretty decent phone these days — without ostentatious gold and a close affiliation with a president who has a decades-long track record of launching and sinking well over a dozen businesses.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Mannered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mannered. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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