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with the manner

with the manner prepositional phrase: in the very act; red-handed.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (archaic, idiomatic) in the very act; red-handed.
    • O villain, thou stolest a cup of sack eighteen years ago, and wert taken with the manner, and ever since thou hast blush'd extempore.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, part I
    • Replevy any Man imprisoned for the Forest, being taken with the Manner, or lndicted: But this Statute reaches not to that of de Homine Repligiando, directed Castodi Forestae.1680, Sir Edward Coke, The Great Charter of the Forest, Declaring the Liberties of it

Origin of with the manner

Corruption of "with the mainer", from French main (“hand”).

Questions about with the manner

What does with the manner mean?
With the manner means in the very act; red-handed.
What part of speech is with the manner?
With the manner is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with the manner in the dictionary

  1. with the best
  2. with the best of them
  3. with the best will in the world
  4. with the exception of
  5. with the Lord
  6. with the manner
  7. with the passage of time
  8. with the passing of time
  9. with the skin of one's teeth
  10. with the spin
  11. with this

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