as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
a manly deep voice
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Recent Examples of manly
But on top of it, have poison oak on my manly parts.
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Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026
His growth in college and his growth on this campus just as a man, as a confident, manly, good person that’s all about team.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Regardless of whether another installment of that spinoff will come to fruition, Lord Anderson might have the opportunity to provide manly advice for the Bridgerton boys, who have had to figure out matters of the heart largely without their father present.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
There are those drunken, manly ones who want to get it.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2026
His growth in college and his growth on this campus just as a man, as a confident, manly, good person that’s all about team.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
Regardless of whether another installment of that spinoff will come to fruition, Lord Anderson might have the opportunity to provide manly advice for the Bridgerton boys, who have had to figure out matters of the heart largely without their father present.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
There are those drunken, manly ones who want to get it.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for manly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manly
Adjective
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The male wolf, named Neukgu, burrowed out of his enclosure at the O-World zoo in Daejeon on April 8, prompting a search that gripped the nation and raised fears about his safety.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Casting has not yet been announced for the musical, in which six unemployed steel workers decide to make money by creating their own male strip show.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Victorian mores determined that brown men were too feminine and brown women too masculine, and the group as a whole was oversexed and in need of population control.—
Supriya Ganesh,
Vulture,
15 Apr. 2026
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Andrew and Tristan Tate are former kickboxers who built a large online following by sharing hyper-masculine and misogynistic content.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manly. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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