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?

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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

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