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Meanings of manly in English

Portuguese
viril

Characteristic of a man.

Related terms
viril

In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man.

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Examples for "male"
Examples for "male"
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Results: All health risk behaviours were common among male and female adolescents.
Pubmed
2
In the male, they are the testes; in the female, the ovaries.
The Glands Regulating Personality / A Study of the Glands of Int...
3
However, only 7 per cent of registered nurses in Ireland are male.
The Irish Times
4
Good young male-driven opening business this weekend looks to drop off rapidly.
Reuters
5
They bring the grim reality of male violence into our living rooms.
The Guardian
1
The King in the ballad is in a state of virile indecision.
A Miscellany of Men
2
However that may have been, Hugo was an attractive and virile baby.
Gladiator
3
There the Parliament does approach to the virile virtues of the pothouse.
What's Wrong with the World
4
But that house had foundations, and the virile virtues lived in it.
Joy and Power: Three Messages with One Meaning
5
I love to hear you talk like that; it is so virile.
Dear Brutus
1
Still maintaining her manlike vise grip she relayed a surprising message, Mr.
Ebony
2
There were a few flaking, vaguely manlike shapes that were disintegrating vampires.
All together dead
3
To have neither superior, nor inferior, nor equal, united manlike to you.
Past and Present
4
Either, manlike, he forgot, or he was afraid of hurting my feelings.
The Log-Cabin Lady — An Anonymous Autobiography
5
The cave gave evidence of having harbored other manlike forms in the past.
Tarzan the Terrible
1
Full of these manful resolutions, he rose up early in the morning.
The Woman Who Did
2
This is the first manful impulse I have had for two years.
The War Terror
3
The manful childishness, the childish manfulness of such a reply, were impenetrable.
Dynevor Terrace; Or, The Clue of Life — Volume 1
4
I say we ought to make a manful fight in Mabel's behalf.
The Pathfinder; Or, The Inland Sea
5
Always speak out manful, and straight, no matter what comes of it.
For Name and Fame; Or, Through Afghan Passes
Usage of manly in English
1
The local maidens would no doubt appreciate my new, very manly, physique.
Embrace the darkness
2
It elevates manly attributes; in fact, it constitutes the modesty of man.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 2
3
The boots, and the kicking, and the general walloping make him manly.
Trumps
4
We had our vain illusion; we were generous in our manly way.
Our Friend the Charlatan
5
The time passed merrily in skating, sleighing, and in other manly sports.
Northland Heroes
6
For years, shaving was the only manly way to remove body hair.
Ebony
7
He was manly in his deportment, courageous and, active; and commanded respect.
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
8
How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome.
Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus
9
Trevor and Beck talking, voices brimming with excitement and manly good cheer.
Boston noir
10
In Christ, manly and womanly characteristics were united, and were in equipoise.
The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
11
It is young; but you are tall and manly for your age.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
12
The women like prowess and the manly virtues of pluck and endurance.
As We Go
13
So drive on: I have every confidence in your manly automotive abilities.
Fire With Fire
14
He was manly and natural,-freeand off-handed to the verge of eccentricity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 / A Maga...
15
At any rate it is not manly to drown it in drink.
The American Senator
16
At the same time Nathaniel wrote his mother the following manly letter:
The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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