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In a bending manner.

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie.

In a boyish manner; like a boy.

The manners or behavior of a boy.

To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags o…

In a manner to be bragged of; finely; proudly. [Obs.] Spenser.

In a brainsick manner.

In a brave manner; courageously; gallantly; valiantly; splendidly; nobly.

In a defiant manner.

In a brawling manner.

In a bold, impudent manner.

In a breathless manner.

bs., except as applied to domestic animals.] (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite.

To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. Shak.

Nurture; education; formation of manners. She had her breeding at my father's charge. Shak.

and draw in the chin, as an expression of pride, scorn, or resentment; to assume a lofty manner; -- usually with up. "His bridling neck." Wordsworth. By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs. Tranquillus. Tatler.

In a brilliant manner.

In a brisk manner; nimbly.

A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain.

In a brittle manner. Sherwood.