Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
having unnatural mannerisms;
- Example: "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mannered \Man"nered\, a.
1. Having a certain way, esp. a polite way, of carrying and
conducting one's self; as, a well-mannered child.
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Give her princely training, that she may be
Mannered as she is born. --Shak.
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2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some
characteristic peculiarity.
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His style is in some degree mannered and confined.
--Hazlitt.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mannered
adj 1: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and
unlifelike idiom"