manlier
manlier is the comparative form of manly.
Meaning of manly
Adjective
manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)
- Having the characteristics of a man.
- what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth,
Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape,
Or of what mould or mettel he be made,
What ſtar or ſtate ſoeuer gouern him,
Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
- what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth,
- Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; masculine, manful, courageous, resolute, noble.
- Let's briefly put on manly readiness.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
Questions about manlier
- What is manlier the comparative form of?
- Manlier is the comparative form of manly.
Words near manlier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manlier (page history and authors); manly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “manlier.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/manlier. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.