Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Manner \Man"ner\, n. [OE. manere, F. mani[`e]re, from OF.
   manier, adj., manual, skillful, handy, fr. (assumed) LL.
   manarius, for L. manuarius belonging to the hand, fr. manus
   the hand. See {Manual}.]
   1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything;
      method; style; form; fashion.

            The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in
            the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the
            God of the land.                      --2 Kings
                                                  xvii. 26.

            The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves
            after a gentle, but very powerful,manner.
                                                  --Atterbury.

   2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's
      self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. Specifically:
      (a) Customary method of acting; habit.

                Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them.
                                                  --Acts xvii.
                                                  2.

                Air and manner are more expressive than words.
                                                  --Richardson.
      (b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming
          behavior; well-bred carriage and address.

                Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.
                                                  --Emerson.
      (c) The style of writing or thought of an author;
          characteristic peculiarity of an artist.

   3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done
      already.

            The bread is in a manner common.      --1 Sam.
                                                  xxi.5.

   4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having
      the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds.

            Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs.
                                                  --Luke xi. 42.

            I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou?
                                                  --Coleridge.

   Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when
         employed in this sense. ``A manner Latin corrupt was
         her speech.'' --Chaucer.

   {By any manner of means}, in any way possible; by any sort of
      means.

   {To be taken} {in, or with} {the manner}. [A corruption of to
      be taken in the mainor. See {Mainor}.] To be taken in the
      very act. [Obs.] See {Mainor}.

   {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. --Hallwell.

   Syn: Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien;
        aspect; appearance. See {Method}.

Source : WordNet®

manner
     n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
          manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic
          mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York
          style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
          [syn: {mode}, {style}, {way}, {fashion}]
     2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: {personal manner}]
     3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"