Mannered \Man"nered\, a. 1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. --Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style is in some degree mannered and confined. --Hazlitt.
mannered adj : having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"