Manner

Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In agentive frames, it may indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). Greedy Englishmen eagerly cited Spanish brutality as an excuse to seek control of their opponent?s holdings.