what manner of

idiom

old-fashioned + literary

: what kind or sort of

What manner of person could have committed such a crime?

What manner of woman is she to have done something like that?

Examples of what manner of in a Sentence

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If the memoir isn’t meant to reveal what’s happening on the Court at a juncture when its legitimacy is being questioned, then what manner of book is this—a coming-of-age story, a D.C. career guide, a congressional thriller, or something else? —Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

The speedy service makes one wonder what manner of sorcery is about in the kitchen. —Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2022

So what manner of collective action predicament enables short-term financial market prices to diverge from longer-term productive value? —Robert Hockett, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021

What did dolphin networking accomplish, and what manner of information or benefits might be shared among associates? —Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 1 June 2015