as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
a manly deep voice
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Today’s Wordle Etymology Macho comes from the Spanish word meaning ‘male’ or ‘manly’ which was derived from the Latin masculus, also the root of the English masculine.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
And women who tried to build muscle were seen as manly or unnatural.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
A lot of people think that’s manly.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
And women who tried to build muscle were seen as manly or unnatural.
—Danielle Friedman, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025
A lot of people think that’s manly.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for manly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manly
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
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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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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manly. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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