After the storm destroyed their house, they were, 'in a manner of speaking' [='so to speak, as it were'], lost at sea. [=they felt lost and confused after their house was destroyed]
He had never been on a boat before, but he walked along the deck as if 'to the manner born'.
A number of patients have complained about the doctor's impersonal 'bedside manner'.
(..) ...the kettledrum and trumpet thus bray out the triumph of his pledge - Is it a custom? - Aye, many it is But to my mind, though I am native here and to the manner born... ...it is a custom more honoured in the breach than the observance - Peace, break thee off - Look, my lord, it comes (..)2015 Hamlet