The phrase "a distinguished manner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who behaves or conducts themselves in a way that is dignified, respectful, or notable.
Example: "She carried herself with a distinguished manner that commanded respect from everyone in the room."
Alternatives: "an elegant demeanor" or "a refined approach".
At 76, Mr. le Carré is snowy-haired, droll and courtly, speaking in perfect paragraphs and exuding the air of quiet privilege and distinguished manner of a retired statesman.
The old man working the hotel bar had a white moustache and a distinguished, reassuring manner, which was transformed when he realised I was not Jewish.
Arnold's classification of English society into Barbarians (with their high spirit, serenity, and distinguished manners and their inaccessibility to ideas), Philistines (the stronghold of religious nonconformity, with plenty of energy and morality but insufficient "sweetness and light"), and Populace (still raw and blind) is well known.
Arnold classified English society into the Barbarians (with their lofty spirit, serenity, and distinguished manners and their inaccessibility to ideas), the Philistines (the stronghold of religious nonconformity, with plenty of energy and morality but insufficient "sweetness and light"), and the Populace (still raw and blind).
Bald, tall, with a grey goatee, Carlos has glided into old age with a distinguished air and convivial manner, and more than a passing resemblance to the late activist and intellectual WEB DuBois.
Known to his troops as "Nails" for his steely manner, he built a distinguished record with the elite Special Forces and served in Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone, Germany, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.
"It was a very sad situation to have a distinguished career like that end in this manner," Mr. Panetta said, referring to Mr. Petraeus's decision to step down because of an extramarital affair.
The elements of the situation, of which I was already, though vaguely, aware, were pointed up for me in a piquant manner by an evening I spent in Israeli Jerusalem with a distinguished Jewish scholar from Prague, Mr. David Flusser.
It's a wonder that the 78-year-old Mr. Webster, who has a distinguished record of public service but little engagement with these issues, is allowing himself to be used in such a manner.
A formidable appearance and manner became central to the family's sense of itself; in an early portrait, Otto's father, Markus, a distinguished lawyer, appears with waxed mustaches pointing upward like raised swords.
