usage: 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. manner, mode, style, way, fashion, property
usage: a way of acting or behaving
3. manner, personal manner, demeanor, demeanour, behavior, behaviour, conduct, deportment