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manlily

adv

Etymology

From manly + -ly.

  1. inherited from *mannlīkaz✻
  2. inherited from *mannlīk✻
  3. inherited from *manlīċ✻
  4. inherited from manli,manlich,manly
  5. suffixed as manlily — “manly + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a manly way.

    • The gallant King, / His high, his majestic beauty not destroyed / But bearing itself more manlily, the Goddess / In pitying admiration sees, […]
    • […] 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA