Someone who's manly acts in a typically masculine way. If you live in a log cabin, split your own wood, and occasionally scare away bears, go ahead and call yourself manly.
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
Adjective
possessing qualities befitting a man
Adjective S.
characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
Adverb
in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"
superl.
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or
womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
adv.
In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a
manly man; as, to act manly.
Manly
Let's briefly put on manly readiness.
Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life.
Manly
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man;
Usage Examples
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
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Other Usage ExamplesObedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.
The strong manly ones in life are those who understand the meaning of the word patience.
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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