If you describe someone's behaviour or a work of art as mannered, you dislike it because it is elaborate or formal, and therefore seems false or artificial. 娇柔做作的; 不自然的; 守规矩的
adjective [原级]矫饰的;守规矩的;矫揉造作的
He was a meek, mild-mannered fellow. 他是一个性情温顺、举止文雅的小伙子。