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mannered
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man·nered  (mnrd)
adj.
1. Having manners of a specific kind: ill-mannered children.
2.
a. Having or showing a certain manner: a mild-mannered supervisor.
b. Artificial or affected: mannered speech.
3. Of, relating to, or exhibiting mannerisms.

mannered
Adjective
1. (of speech or behaviour) unnaturally formal and put on to impress others
2. having manners as specified: ill-mannered
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Adj.1.mannered - having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"
affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

mannered
adjective affected, put-on, posed, artificial, pseudo (informal) pretentious, stilted, arty-farty (informal) << OPPOSITE natural


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