1
as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt
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2
as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch
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Adjective
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Indeed, the women in the study faced a 13% reduction compared to the 6% reduction suffered by their male counterparts.—
Josie Cox,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025 -
Raising daughters in a world where sports talk is about both male and female athletes is an exciting prospect for Kylie, who is supporting Dove's mission to help young girls in sports build body confidence.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Men who earned less than their female partner reported feeling less masculine and more inadequate, and those feelings were linked to lower relationship quality.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Like privacy, or the fact that women writers in slightly earlier centuries might have required a masculine alias to publish at all.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 Aug. 2025
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Dior’s collection referenced the H-line created by its founder Christian Dior for Fall-Winter 1954-1955 – a controversial silhouette at the time as its flattened shape appeared, for some, unfeminine.—
Alice Pfeiffer,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.—
Natalie Kinkade,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2024
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“Manlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manlike. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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