Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
manner . - noun Same as
mainor .
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Examples
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At the first cuming of the said Johne Knox, he perceaving diverse who had a zeall to godlynes maik small scrupill to go to the Messe, or to communicat with the abused Sacramentis in the Papisticall maner, begane alsweall in privy conferance as in doctrin, to schaw the impietie of the
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Page 316, "in a manner depending upon the difference": 'maner' in original.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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Anyone who would fall for this is an idiot, in a "maner" of speaking.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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Don't care how you hunt, as long as you hunt in a professional and ethical maner, you are OK in my book.
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Don't care how you hunt, as long as you hunt in a professional and ethical maner, you are OK in my book.
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There were, he reckoned, just two kinds: "one maner is dedly and sleeth them that eateth of them and be called tode stoles, the other doeth not."
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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He should be made to apologize in the same maner in which he behave as an un-educated fool.
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The above are the conditions, Dearest, of which I have been in somewhat a bungling maner
Letter from Young John Allen to Mollie Houston,Febrary 14, 1857 2008
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When a blogger uses AP news, facts, or pictures in an unrestricted maner it is like a high school sophomore writing a term paper with out quoting sources.
The A.P., Hot News and Hotheaded Blogs - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Flow to the crowd is maner of the simple one. beyond politics
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