Manner

1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.
2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style.
3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already.
4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally.
1. Customary method of acting; habit.
2. The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
By any manner of means ,
in any way possible; by any sort of means.
To be taken in the manner or To be taken with the manner .
To be taken in the very act.
To make one's manners ,
to make a bow or courtesy; to offer salutation.
Manners bit ,
a portion left in a dish for the sake of good manners.