manlier; manliest
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Adjective
He wasn't manly enough to fight.
He has a deep, manly voice.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Brookfield 7-0 206 T7 M KNOW THIS: The Bobcats, bless their hearts, are committed to the manly discipline of the running arts.
—Ned Griffen, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
There are men without shirts and men with long white beards doing manly things on the side of a country road.
—Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
Come for the unraveling of manly sanities, stay for Dafoe's farts and a scene-stealing seagull.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The Founding Fathers wanted to civilize a country made up of institutional racists, rabid misogynists and bible-thumping Christians who soon added myths of manly gunslingers and stalwart pioneers to the cultural identity.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
Brookfield 7-0 206 T7 M KNOW THIS: The Bobcats, bless their hearts, are committed to the manly discipline of the running arts.
—Ned Griffen, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
There are men without shirts and men with long white beards doing manly things on the side of a country road.
—Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
Come for the unraveling of manly sanities, stay for Dafoe's farts and a scene-stealing seagull.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manly. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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