Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Manner (-s)
manner (-s), n. [OFr < L. manuārius, hand operated.] (webplay: company, customs, form, God, hands, know, mien, moral, obeisance, removing, way).
- Custom; habitual practice; behavior; conduct.
- Form; method; style; way of performing or executing.
- Noise; habitual playtime.
- Certain degree of measure.
- Method; form; way.
- [Fig.] tenements of wonder.
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