virilely
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]virilely (comparative more virilely, superlative most virilely)
- In a way or to an extent that is virile.
- 1988 January 22, Albert Williams, “The Glass Menagerie”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Joe Guzaldo is, as always, a pleasure to watch and hear, with his superbly focused physical energy and virilely mellifluous voice; but his strength belies Tom's own weakness, which Williams revealed even while trying to conceal it.
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[edit]References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “virilely”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.