The noun manner has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (52) manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion")
2. (17) manner, personal manner -- (a way of acting or behaving)
3. (7) manner -- (a kind; "what manner of man are you?")