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masculinely, adv.|ˈmæskjʊlɪnlɪ|
[f. masculine a. + -ly2.]
In a masculine manner. Also, in the masculine gender.
1611B. Jonson Catiline iii. iii. H b, You haue done most masculinely within, And plaid the Orator. 1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 230 Whither hee meanes masculinely, that euill one, the diuell..or rather euill worke..is no matter of curious inquiry. 1732J. Whaley Poems 48 The Face was masculinely hard. 1865Sat. Rev. 29 Apr. 514/1 A man..who can admit that an author's style is..masculinely vigorous and sublime, and yet cannot admire it!
†b. In the male line. Obs.
1658Walton Life of Donne (ed. 2) 5 His Father was masculinely..descended from a very ancient Family.
c. Of riming: cf. masculine a. 3 b.
1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. i §30. 26 All the lines in each stanza rhyming masculinely with each other. |