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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,000+ words match “MANNER”

EARTHLY adv. 4 definitions

In the manner of the earth or its people; worldly. Took counsel from his guiding eyes To make this wisdom earthly wise. Emerson.

EASE n. 8 definitions

t, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; -- said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address. True ease in writing comes from art, not chance. Pope. Whate'er he did was done with so much ease, In him alone 't was natural to please. Dryden. At ease, free from…

EASINESS n. 5 definitions

Freedom from effort, constraint, or formality; -- said of style, manner, etc. With painful care, but seeming easiness. Roscommon.

EASY a. 7 definitions

mind. (c) Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth; as, easy manners; an easy style. "The easy vigor of a line." Pope.

ECCENTRICALLY adv.

In an eccentric manner. Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace.

ECCLESIASTICALLY adv.

In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.

ECLECTICALLY adv.

In an eclectic manner; by an eclectic method.

EDITION n. 2 definitions

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

EDITORIALLY adv.

In the manner or character of an editor or of an editorial article.

EFFEMINATE v. 4 definitions

To grow womanish or weak. In a slothful peace both courage will effeminate and manners corrupt. Pope.

EFFEMINATELY adv. 2 definitions

In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay." Fawkes.

EFFICIENCE; EFFICIENCY n. 2 definitions

being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency. The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. Hooker.

EFFULGENTLY adv.

In an effulgent manner.

EGOISTICALLY adv.

In an egoistic manner.

ELASTICALLY adv.

In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.

ELBOW v. 6 definitions

To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

ELECTIVELY adv.

In an elective manner; by choice.

ELECTRICALLY adv.

In the manner of electricity, or by means of it; thrillingly.

ELEEMOSYNARILY adv.

In an eleemosynary manner; by charity; charitably.

ELEGANCE; ELEGANCY n. 2 definitions

presses unpleasantly; grace given by art or practice; fine polish; refinement; -- said of manners, language, style, form, architecture, etc. That grace that elegance affords. Drayton. The endearing elegance of female friendship. Johnson. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood…