It was intended as mockery, but backfired, coming to be used in a neutral or friendly fashion.

After promising to present the settlement in neutral fashion, several leaders of large union locals urged their members to vote against the contract.

Those that acted embarrassed were received more favorably than those who reacted in a neutral fashion.

So she perceived it in a sort of distant, neutral fashion.

I haven't been able to approach this investigation in anything remotely resembling a neutral fashion.

Ms. Harris promised that she would carry out her duties in a neutral fashion.

If no effort was made to guide it, the ball returned in neutral fashion: a high arc to the center of the table.

And yet, as Comcast is currently showing us, it's possible to run congestion management in a more-or-less neutral fashion on such a network.

Again she spoke in that distant, even neutral fashion.

SDR tends to be reduced by wording questions in a neutral fashion.