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
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
Blake Burgess exudes the manly demeanor and seriousness of Cash.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Apr. 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
Blake Burgess exudes the manly demeanor and seriousness of Cash.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Apr. 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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News voices in the 1970's tended to be somber, accent-less, and almost exclusively male.—
Scott Simon,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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When first responders arrived, the male witness took his dogs home and his wife went to alert Samadi’s husband at their home, the reports said.—
Pam DeFiglio,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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His womenswear collection, introduced in 1975, quickly became known for easy shapes and masculine cuts with feminine qualities.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Set on a white-run construction site in West Africa, the story follows an edgy foreman anxiously awaiting his bride, whose presence meets resistance from a cocksure engineer clinging to the hyper-masculine status quo.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manly. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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