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manlily

manlily adverb: in a manly way.

Adverb

manlily (comparative more manlily, superlative most manlily)

  1. In a manly way.
    • And if thy wiues ſoule were freed from the frailty of her ſexe, it were as manly, as noble, as vnderſtanding, and euery way as excellent as thine owne: Nay, and if it were poſſible for you to change bodies; hers would worke as manlily in thine, and thine as womanlily in hers. Let the husband then...1624, Robert Bolton, Some Generall Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God: […], London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Edmund Weauer, […], →OCLC, pages 245–246
    • The gallant King, / His high, his majestic beauty not destroyed / But bearing itself more manlily, the Goddess / In pitying admiration sees, […]1852, Richard Kelsey, Alfred of Wessex, volume 2, page 249
    Synonyms:
    manly

Examples of manlily in a sentence

  • […] leather has long been associated with 'hard' masculinity […] while jockey briefs are seen to be manlily functional, right down to the rather dysfunctional front opening.2002, Richard Dyer, The Culture of Queers, page 67:
  • My first idea was to get a coach to Alton Towers and treat Helen to a day out there where I would manlily pretend that the rides did not affect me, before throwing up afterwards.2012, Andy Dale, First Years - Piranhas in the Bedroom, page 311:

Synonyms of manlily

Forms of manlily

comparativemore manlily
superlativemost manlily

Origin of manlily

From manly + -ly.

Questions about manlily

What does manlily mean?
Manlily means in a manly way.
How do you use manlily in a sentence?
[…] leather has long been associated with 'hard' masculinity […] while jockey briefs are seen to be manlily functional, right down to the rather dysfunctional front opening.
What part of speech is manlily?
Manlily is an adverb.

Words near manlily in the dictionary

  1. manlihead
  2. manlihood
  3. manlike
  4. manlikeness
  5. Manlilinao
  6. manlily
  7. manliness
  8. manlinesses
  9. manling
  10. manlings
  11. Manlius

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