manly

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Etymology

From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manlīċ (suggested by adverb manlīċe (“in a way befitting a person; nobly, stately”)), from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz, equivalent to man +‎ -ly.

Cognate with Old High German manlīh (“manly”) (whence German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmænli/

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Adjective

manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)

1. Having the characteristics of a man.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vi:

     what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth,
     Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape,
     Or of what mould or mettel he be made,
     What ſtar or ſtate ſoeuer gouern him,
     Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, […]

2. Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.
   • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:

     Let's briefly put on manly readiness.

   • 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

     Serene and manly, harden'd 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.

Antonyms

• womanly

Derived terms

• hypermanly
• manlihead
• manlihood
• manlily
• manliness
• unmanly

Translations

having the characteristics of a man

Arabic: رُجُولِيّ (rujūliyy) Armenian: առնական (hy) (aṙnakan) Bengali: মরদ (bn) (morod) Bulgarian: мъжки (bg) (mǎžki) Cantonese: Cantonese: 男氣 / 男气 (naam4 hei3) Catalan: viril Chinese: Mandarin: 男子氣 / 男子气 (zh) (nánzǐqì) Czech: mužný, mužský (cs) Danish: mandlig (da) 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: ἀνδρώδης (andrṓdēs) Hebrew: גַּבְרִי (he) (gavri) Hungarian: férfias (hu) Indonesian: jantan (id) Irish: fearúil Japanese: 男らしい (ja) (おとこらしい, otokorashii) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: پیاوانە (ckb) (pyawane) Latin: masculus Lithuanian: výriškas (lt) Maori: whakatāne Middle English: manly Norwegian: Bokmål: mannlig (no) Nynorsk: mannleg Occitan: masculin (oc) Old English: werlīċ Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane) 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 Sanskrit: वृषन् (sa) (vṛṣan) Scottish Gaelic: fearail, duineil, tapaidh Spanish: varonil (es) Swedish: manlig (sv) Thai: เป็นลูกผู้ชาย Turkish: erkeksi (tr) Yiddish: מענלעך (menlekh)

having the qualities of a man such as courage

Bengali: মরদ (bn) (morod) Bulgarian: мъжествен (bg) (mǎžestven) Catalan: masculí (ca), viril Czech: mužný Danish: mandig Finnish: miehekäs (fi) Irish: fearúil Latin: virilis (la) Maori: taitoa Middle English: manly Norwegian: Bokmål: mandig (no) Ottoman Turkish: مردانه (merdane) Romanian: bărbătos (ro) Slovak: mužný Spanish: viril (es)

Anagrams

• Lyman, Lynam, Malyn

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English *manlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz; equivalent to man +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

Alternative forms

• maneli, manli, manlich, manliche, monly
• monlich (Early Middle English)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanliː/, /ˈmɔnliː/, /-lit͡ʃ/

Adjective

manly

1. Human; pertaining to humankind.
2. Male, masculine; pertaining to men.
3. Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.

Descendants

• English: manly
• Scots: manly

References

• “manlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old English manlīċe; equivalent to mon +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Alternative forms

• manleche, manli, manlich, manliche, manlie, manlik, manlike, manneleche, mannely, monlik, monly
• (Early Middle English) monliche

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanliː/, /ˈmɔndliː/, /-liːtʃ(ə)/

Adverb

manly

1. In a human or civilised way.
2. In a way befitting a man; courageously, resolutely, nobly.
3. (rare) In a male or masculine way.

References

• “manlī, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.