manly

English

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Etymology

man +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænli/

Adjective

manly ‎(comparative manlier, superlative manliest)

1. Having the characteristics of a man.
2. 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

• manliness

Antonyms

• womanly

Translations

having the characteristics of a man

• Arabic: رُجُولِيّ ‎(rujūliyy)
• Armenian: առնական (hy) ‎(aṙnakan)
• Catalan: viril
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 男子氣 (zh), 男子气 (zh) ‎(nánzǐqì)

• Czech: mužný
• Danish: mandig
• Dutch: mannelijk (nl)
• Finnish: miehekäs (fi)
• French: viril (fr)
• Georgian: კაცური ‎(ḳacuri), მამაკაცური ‎(mamaḳacuri), ვაჟკაცური ‎(važḳacuri)
• German: männlich (de)
• Greek: αντρίκειος (el) ‎(antríkeios), αρρενωπός (el) m ‎(arrenopós), ανδροπρεπής (el) ‎(androprepís)

  Ancient Greek: please add this translation if you can

• Hebrew: גַּבְרִי ‎(gavri)
• Hungarian: férfias (hu)
• Indonesian: jantan (id)
• Irish: fearúil
• Japanese: 男らしい ‎(おとこらしい, otokorashii)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: پیاوانه‌

• Lithuanian: výriškas (lt)
• Maori: whakatāne
• Norwegian: mandig
• Occitan: masculin
• Old English: werlic
• Pashto: نر (ps) ‎(nër), نارينه (ps) ‎(nâriná)
• Persian: مردانه (fa) ‎(mardâne)
• Polish: męski (pl), mężny (pl) (also: courageous)
• Portuguese: varonil (pt), viril (pt)
• Romanian: masculin (ro), bărbătesc (ro), viril (ro), bărbătos (ro)
• Russian: му́жественный (ru) ‎(múžestvennyj) (also: courageous), мужеподо́бный (ru) ‎(mužepodóbnyj) (manlike), мужско́й (ru) ‎(mužskój) (masculine)
• Samogitian: vīrėšks
• Scottish Gaelic: fearail, duineil, tapaidh
• Spanish: varonil (es)
• Swedish: manlig (sv)
• Turkish: erkek (tr)
• Yiddish: מענלעך ‎(menlekh)

Having the qualities of a man such as courage

• Finnish: miehekäs (fi)
• Irish: fearúil

• Maori: taitoa