manlier; manliest
Examples of manly in a Sentence
Adjective
He wasn't manly enough to fight.
He has a deep, manly voice.
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025
Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Scapin is one of very few women in the manly meat business.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
Le Gaillard, 52, cuts a thick, manly figure, with an indented chin, dark eyes, and a receding hairline.
—Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 8 June 2024
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Adjective
But this is a guide to the manliest gifts made for man men, menly objects ranging from the most classic of man totems to the most ridiculously hypermasculinized.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2025
Movies don't get more manly than Predator, which is positively brimming with bulging muscles, oneupmanship, relentless s— talk, chainguns, and some of Schwarzenegger's silliest one-liners since Commando.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Scapin is one of very few women in the manly meat business.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2025
Le Gaillard, 52, cuts a thick, manly figure, with an indented chin, dark eyes, and a receding hairline.
—Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 8 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for manly
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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manly. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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