manner sb.1:
1.
usage, custom, fashion, e.g.
Meas. IV. ii. 138
“it was ever his to do
so”
;
Ham. I. iv. 15
“to the born”
destined by birth to be subject to the custom
in question.
2.
pl. moral character,
morals
Mer.V. II. iii. 19
“though I am a daughter
to his blood, I am not to his
m-s,”
H5 I. ii. 49
“some dishonest m-s of
their life,”
Ham. I. iv. 30
“plausive m-s,”
Lucr. 1397
“Their face their
manners . . . told.”
3.
pl. good way of
living 1H4 III. i. 183.
4.
pl. forms of
politeness
Shr. I. i. 245
“use your m-s
discreetly,”
All'sW. IV. v. 94.
5.
pl. in phr. “in” or “with m-s,” becomingly,
decently Tw.N. II. i. 15, Cym. I. iv. 59, Sonn. xxxix. 1, lxxxv. 1
