noun (n)

• how something is done or how it happens(noun.attribute)

  Example:
  Her dignified manner.
  His rapid manner of talking.
  

  Synonym:
  fashion, mode, style, way
  

  source: wordnet30
• a way of acting or behaving(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  personal manner
  

  source: wordnet30
• a kind(noun.cognition)

  Example:
  What manner of man are you?.
  

  source: wordnet30
• Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion.(noun)

  source: webster1913