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MANLY
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Irregular inflected forms: manlier , manliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing qualities befitting a man
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
man-sized (calling for the strength of a man)
Also:
masculine (associated with men and not with women)
Antonym:
unmanly (not possessing qualities befitting a man)
Derivation:
man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
man (an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent))
manliness (the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of a man
Example:
manly sports
Synonyms:
male; manful; manlike; manly; virile
Classified under:
Similar:
masculine (associated with men and not with women)
Derivation:
man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
man (an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent))
manliness (the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man
Example:
having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home
Synonyms:
manfully; manly
Classified under:
Context examples:
His name was good, his residence was in their favourite village, and she soon found out that of all manly dresses a shooting-jacket was the most becoming.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only given him a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Young as he was, and peaceful as was his dress, the dainty golden spurs which twinkled upon his heels proclaimed his knighthood, while a long seam upon his brow and a scar upon his temple gave a manly grace to his refined and delicate countenance.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If an enemy landed upon our shores it was then that, with our small army, we should be forced to fall back upon native valour trained into hardihood by the practice and contemplation of manly sports.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was one of the men who are at home with children, and looked particularly well when little faces made a pleasant contrast with his manly one.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It is not honest, it is not square, it is not manly, to tell lies about one's fellow-creatures the way he has done, and he doesn't know it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was in his working-dress, and looked rugged enough, but manly withal, and a very fit protector for the blooming little creature at his side.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
His manly beauty and more than common gracefulness were instantly the theme of general admiration, and the laugh which his gallantry raised against Marianne received particular spirit from his exterior attractions.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
