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单词 mannered
释义

mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈma-nərd How to pronounce mannered (audio)
1
: having manners of a specified kind
well-mannered
2
a
: having or displaying a particular manner
b
: having an artificial or stilted character
passages … so mannered as to be unintelligible R. G. G. Price

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Oscar Isaac stars as Steven Grant, a mild-mannered ancient history nerd who gets sucked into a deadly quest involving the Egyptian gods and the mysterious Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke). Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022 At the Livonia Fifth Third branch, Pugh, who is normally mild-mannered, refused to back down, especially when the bank tried to keep her check, Gordon said. Antonio Planas, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2022 The track is tied to Foxx’s new Netflix movie Day Shift, in which the actor plays a seemingly mild-mannered pool cleaner named Bud Jablonski, whose actual job is hunting vampires. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022 Having failed to cut it in the city, mild-mannered Romanian cop Ilie takes a lower-pressure job as a police chief in a rural village near the Moldovan border. Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022 Bianchi presents as a charming, mild-mannered and clean-cut young man who once worked as a security guard. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022 Kristen Stewart plays Timlin like a more mannered . . . Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 But her subjects, far from frantic or mindless, are productive, even disruptive, obscuring the objects of their affection with a mannered strangeness. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 28 June 2022 Don McKellar plays Wippett like a less mannered David Strathairn. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

mannered

adjective

man·​nered ˈma-nərd How to pronounce mannered (audio)
: having manners of a specified kind
mild-mannered

mannered

adjective

as in exaggerated

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • exaggerated
  • pretentious
  • studied
  • showy
  • unnatural
  • overacted
  • flamboyant
  • ostentatious
  • self-conscious
  • conspicuous
  • affected
  • staged
  • grandiose
  • artificial
  • elaborate
  • overdone
  • stagy
  • stagey
  • melodramatic
  • actorly
  • hammy
  • histrionic
  • theatrical
  • sensational
  • theatric
  • dramatic
  • actorish
  • actressy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unaffected
  • restrained
  • unpretentious
  • subdued
  • undramatic
  • muted
  • discreet
  • conservative
  • quiet
  • inconspicuous
  • simple
  • underplayed
  • modest
  • nondramatic
  • plain
  • toned (down)
  • nontheatrical
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