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In a manner to diminish.

In a gradually diminishing manner; with abatement of tone; decrescendo; -- expressed on the staff by Dim., or Dimin., or the sign.

In a diminutive manner.

In a dim or obscure manner; not brightly or clearly; with imperfect sight.

In a dingy manner.

In a dangling manner.

In a dioecious manner. Dioeciously hermaphrodite (Bot.), having flowers structurally perfect, but practically dioecious, -- those on one plant producing no pollen, and those on another no ovules.

A form of micrococcus in which cocci are united in a binary manner. See Micrococcus.

According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.

To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army. I will direct their work in truth. Is. lxi. 8.

In a direct manner; in a straight line or course. "To run directly on." Shak. Indirectly and directly too Thou hast contrived against the very life Of the defendant. Shak.

In a dire manner. Drayton.

ldren in imitation of pastry. Otway (1684). -- To eat dirt, to submit in a meanly humble manner to insults; to eat humble pie.

In a dirty manner; foully; nastily; filthily; meanly; sordidly.

In a disagreeable manner; unsuitably; offensively.

In a disapproving manner.

In a manner to be discerned; perceptibly; visibly. Hammond.

In a discerning manner; with judgment; judiciously; acutely. Garth.

The art and manner of speaking and conversing. Of excellent breeding, admirable discourse. Shak.

Uncivil; rude; wanting in courtesy or good manners; uncourteous. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Dis*cour"te*ous*ness, n.