mannered

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That style also means that “Dust Bunny” is quite fussy and mannered and if you don’t buy in on the film’s arch humor and stylized world, you’re liable to bounce right off of it.

From Los Angeles Times

The story’s studied minor-key tone can occasionally come across as mannered, yet “Rebuilding” possesses its own delicate grace, especially once Dusty endures other losses — some personal, others more existential.

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Most of the time they were exceptionally well mannered and pleasant, of course.

From Literature

It was her reading of the script, and, as you noted, the sort of mannered way that the characters spoke.

From Los Angeles Times

The characters are all rigorously mannered, as though they’re mimicking the mannequins in old film strips of 1950s bomb shelters.

From Los Angeles Times