'By any manner of means' definitions:

Definition of 'By any manner of means'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The temptations of prosperity insinuate themselves after a gentle, but very powerful, manner. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Characteristic mode of acting, conducting, carrying one's self, or the like; bearing; habitual style. [1913 Webster] Specifically: (a) Customary method of acting; habit. [1913 Webster]
  • Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them. --Acts xvii. 2. [1913 Webster]
  • Air and manner are more expressive than words. --Richardson. [1913 Webster] (b) pl. Carriage; behavior; deportment; also, becoming behavior; well-bred carriage and address; as, mind your manners!. [1913 Webster]
  • Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] (c) The style of writing or thought of an author; characteristic peculiarity of an artist. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Certain degree or measure; as, it is in a manner done already. [1913 Webster]
  • The bread is in a manner common. --1 Sam. xxi.5. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Sort; kind; style; -- in this application sometimes having the sense of a plural, sorts or kinds; as, all manners of people came to the rally. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • And they being afraid wondered, saying to one another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and the water, and they obey him. --Luke 8: 25.
  • Ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs. --Luke xi. 42. [1913 Webster]
  • I bid thee say, What manner of man art thou? --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: In old usage, of was often omitted after manner, when employed in this sense. "A manner Latin corrupt was her speech." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • By any manner of means, in any way possible; by any sort of means.
  • To be taken in the manner or To be taken 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Method; mode; custom; habit; fashion; air; look; mien; aspect; appearance. See Method. [1913 Webster] Mannerchor

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