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Latest revision as of 01:45, 23 July 2013 Wikipedia English[edit] Etymology[edit] man + -ly Adjective[edit] manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest) - Having the characteristics of a man.
- Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.
- Shakespeare
- Let's briefly put on manly readiness.
- Dryden
- Serene and manly, hardened to sustain / The load of life.
- 2001, Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy (page 86)
- Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.
Derived terms[edit] Antonyms[edit] Translations[edit] having the characteristics of a man 
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