manlike

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as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manlike
Adjective
  • The most significant difference: Rather than a male artist configuring a sensual image of womanhood, a buoyant Thomas takes the reins to represent herself.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Under new gender policies announced Wednesday, players must either be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female prior to undergoing male puberty to be eligible for LPGA tournaments or the eight U.S. Golf Association championships designated for female competitors.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • As a result the duo’s design balances masculine and feminine elements, with the aim of creating a warm, welcoming atmosphere conducive to entertaining guests including distributors, VIPs and the brand’s 600 partner winegrowers.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The feminine and masculine versions of the same scent have been conceived to mirror each other and have been designed as twin olfactory scents.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This really helped cement this idea that there was something or there could be something unfeminine about successful athletes.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Manlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manlike. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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