mannered

mannered
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1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone's behaviour or a work of art as mannered, you dislike it because it is elaborate or formal, and therefore seems false or artificial.

...Naomi's mannered voice...

If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.

2) ADJ-GRADED Mannered behaviour is polite and observes social customs.

...its intention to restore pride in the past and create a more mannered society...

They are always perfectly polite and beautifully mannered.


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