manly

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Recent Examples of manly A lot of people think that’s manly. Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024 Cold War worriers envisaged manly, stiff-jawed computers ordering the launch of nuclear missiles or refusing to open the pod-bay doors. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Starting with Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie (1971), Kristofferson brought his manly, craggy persona to the fore in such films as Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), the Michael Cimino debacle Heaven’s Gate (1980) and, as a corrupt sheriff, John Sayles’ Lone Star (1996). Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2024 Le Gaillard, 52, cuts a thick, manly figure, with an indented chin, dark eyes, and a receding hairline. Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 8 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for manly
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Adjective
  • Each shutout was estimated to increase both the likelihood that male students chose a major from the business school by 1.9 percentage points (or 24%) and their starting salary by $2,000.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • In womenswear today, a flash of thigh is as ubiquitous as a crew neck T-shirt, but the male leg is far less familiar.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • Levant encouraged men to take this time to think about masculine ideologies they were taught at a young age and be open to expressing vulnerability more genuinely.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 21 May 2025
  • Plus, there’s plenty to dissect about how much the show was about the masculine fantasies of the War on Terror.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 May 2025

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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manly. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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