manlyadj.

Brit.

/ˈmanli/, U.S.

/ˈmænli/

Forms: see man n.¹ and -ly suffix¹; also 1500s meanelye (probably transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 mandly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ly suffix¹.

Etymology: < man n.¹ + -ly suffix¹. Compare earlier manly adv.; also Middle Low German manlīk , Old High German manlīh , mannilīh (Middle High German manlich , German männlich ), Old Icelandic mannligr ; compare also similar formations < Germanic cognates of mannish n., as Old Frisian mannisklik , mannsklik , etc. With senses 1 and 4 compare man n.¹ I.; with senses 2 and 3 compare man n.¹ II.

†1. Belonging to human beings; human. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind

mannisheOE

fleshlyc1175

manlya1225

fleshya1400

human1495

microcosmical1570

microcosmala1644

anthropic1816

microcosmic1816

humanitary1851

hominal1861

hominine1883

neanthropic1894

pan-human1900

sapient1971

a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 43 For none winde of mannliche fandinge.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 88 Swich gruwinge hesde his monliche flesch aȝein þe..pinen þet hit schulde dreȝen.

c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 783 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 167 Be nat abassht, it manly is to synne, But feendly is longe lye ther-ynne.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xcviii. f. cxxx^v/1 The ordenaunces that I haue yeue to them for to kepe, ben manly in asmoche as I that am a man haue enioyned them to kepe them.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxix^v One of thilke thre wayes of lyues..whiche..arne by names cleaped, bestiallich, resonablich, is vertuous: manlych is worldlich.

1580 Knox's Percel vi Psalme (new ed.) sig. A8 Wee haue another schoolemaister then manly reason.

1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. ii. xxii. 134 Hee [sc. Satan] thought that God should rather dwell in the being of the Angels..then dwelling in the tabernacle of the manly being.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour ii. i. 17 I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, And dastards manly Souls with hope and fear.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 39 Think you the Soul, when this Life's Rattles cease, Has nothing of more Manly to succeed?

a. Of a person: having those qualities or characteristics traditionally associated with men as distinguished from women or children; courageous, strong, independent in spirit, frank, upright, etc. Occasionally in early use: †having those qualities or characteristics associated with fighting men (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adjective]

manly?c1225

virtuousc1330

manfula1400

manlikec1480

manful-hardy1542

ballsy1959

studly1966

the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > qualities of

manly?c1225

manlikec1480

virile1490

mannish1530

manful1655

manny1853

dude1879

blokeish1920

butch1949

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 199 Wimmon is þe reisun þet is wittes schile hwen hit unstrengeð þe schulde beo monlich. staðelwurðe. & kene itreowe bileaue.

c1300 Judas Iscariot (Harl.) 33 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 108 (MED) Þo heo seȝ hit was a child manlich and fair, Glad heo was and hopede of him to habbe an heire.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3325 (MED) Þei..hadden gret ioye þa so manli a man wold mele in here side.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3419 Þe stiward had a newe, but of ȝonge age, on þe manlokest man þat men shold of heren.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7507 He was honest and manly.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 785 Lykly he was, rycht fair and weill farrand, Mandly and stout.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 9 Be stronge now and manly ye Philistynes... Be manly and fighte.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 486 War he ane manly man, as he is weill maid, He war full michtie.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 107 Manly as Hector, but more dangerous.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 421 A proud Nobility, a familiar and manly Gentry.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 485 Inspire your Poet in his high Design; To sing what Slaughter manly Turnus made.

1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 17 The manly Miller haff and haff, Came out to shaw good Will.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 172 His person was manly and his air military.

1800 J. Foster Let. 15 Jan. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 124 It is more manly to confess than to extenuate.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 38 They [sc. the English] are rather manly than warlike.

1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 62 He [sc. Fielding] was manly to the last.

1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock iii. 21 He was manly, and the..thought passed through Bertha that his strength must be quite herculean.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xix. 353 The wallowing in private emotion, the utter abasement of his manly self, seemed to lend him a second nature.

1997 J. Seabrook Deeper v. 178 I'm way too manly to let this stuff bother me personally.

b. Of a woman: having attributes or features usually regarded as characteristic of a man; mannish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman

mannisha1425

manlyc1511

mankind1566

Amazonical1582

Amazonian1595

virago1598

manlike1605

masculine1611

viraginian1642

viraginous1667

Amazonic1782

strong-minded1843

andromorphous1865

c1511 1st Eng. Bk. Amer. (1885) Introd. 33/1 These women be very manly in fytynge and hardy.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxiij^v This wytch or manly woman..the Frenchemen greatly glorified.

a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G4^v Dorot. How looke I Nano like a man or no? Nano. If not a man, yet like a manlie shrowe.

1611 T. Heywood Golden Age ii. sig. E I am not yet of that Giant size, but I may passe for a bona Roba, a Rounceual a Virago, or a good manly Lasse.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (1625) 319 Of which Manly foeminine people [sc. Amazons] ancient authors disagree.

1698 J. Crowne Caligula i. 2 A Manly daring Soul lurks deep, Under this gentle Lady, like outside.

a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) iii. ii. 75 As to fortune, she is totally careless in that... How manly that is in a woman!

1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 42 My aunt was a lady of large frame..she was..a very manly woman.

1835 T. Creevey Let. 6 Aug. in J. Gore Creevey's Life & Times (1934) xix. 410 She is as manly and correct a little chap as I have seen this many a day.

1875 R. Lowell Under Old Elm viii Virginia, fitly named from England's manly queen!

1992 D. Spoto Blue Angel xii. 188 It was the logical extension of her ‘manly woman’ role.

†c. In extended use: suggestive of characteristics traditionally associated with men, esp. in being strong, resilient, serious, etc. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 73 The vigour of the Native Earth Maintains the Plant, and makes a Manly Birth.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 470 The house of Auchtertyre, with a manly front of cut granite.

1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xliv. 86 The architecture has certainly lost that gloomy tint which gave to this building a manly and respectable character.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 185 It [sc. iron] is a manly metal, with no sordid associations like gold or silver.

1878 H. James Watch & Ward vi. 124 But only a man can talk really to the point of this manliest of cities.

3. Of a thing, a quality, etc.: befitting or belonging to a man; masculine.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adjective] > manly (of things or qualities)

manlyc1385

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2130 Blak was his berd and manly was his face.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 60 Manly complexioun chongiþ in to femel complexioun.

1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 348/2 Exortation..made..in so witty, so knyghtly, so manly, in so comfortable wise.

a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 45 A man, that..[had] his manly membris y-kute of and cast away, come to his tombe.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 53 I saw the wound,..on his manly breast.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 158 A manly enterprise, To coniure teares vp, in a poore maides eyes.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 48 The Germans speech is said to be manly, the Frenchmans sweet and fluent.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 225 Therefore with manlier objects we must try His constancy.

1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 2 His Conscious destiny made way By manly beauty to Imperiall sway.

a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 54 The Drunkards Voice is Hoarse and Manly, not like the squeaking trills of an Eunuch.

1778 R. Potter Notes Tragedies Æschylus 563 This ode..begins with a sublime and manly address to Jupiter.

1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. xii. 152 In my earlier life, I was addicted to what are termed ‘manly sports’.

1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xxiv. 54 Train we these minds effeminate With thoughts and ways of manlier state.

1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. v. 135 Mme Fisher had once remarked that a darting womanish quality, enforced by a manly steadiness of will, made him the figure he was, or promised to be, in his own, the banking, world.

1962 Jrnl. Amer. Optometric Assoc. Nov. 345 In 3 manly colors: Burnt Gold, Charcoal Grey and Brown.

1986 T. O. Echewa Crippled Dancer i. iv. 97 He stored his grief, and prided himself in his manly ability to store it.

†4. Humane, charitable; generous. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > humane

manlyc1400

humane1603

civil1609

humanitarian1844

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 260 (MED) Artow manlyche amonge þi neiȝbores of þi mete and drynke?

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) 1233 Free was daun Iohn and manly of dispence.

†5. Courteous, subservient. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective]

go-by-ground?a1300

thrall1398

abjectc1430

manly?c1430

servicious1440

serviceable1483

servile1537

tame1563

slavish1565

demiss1572

submissive1572

cringing1579

fawning1585

incrouching?1593

vassal1594

scraping1599

obsequious1602

spaniel1606

observing1609

deprostrate1610

supplea1616

vernile1623

shrugging1629

wormy1640

compliable1641

thrall-like1641

obeisant1642

inservient1646

truckling1656

cringeling1693

benecking1705

subservient1714

footman-like1776

bingeing1805

sidling1821

toadying1863

crawlsome1904

toadyish1909

crawling1941

ass-kissing1942

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 65 Ȝif þei ȝeuen a benefis..for þe celrk [read clerk] is manly to þe lord in gay cloþinge..it is stynkynge symonye.

6. Of a man or an attribute, etc., of a man: adult, mature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > adult man

manly1579

virile1603

man-growna1641

1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Hereticall Affirm. sig. bj^v Not that they should alwayes remaine as subject thereunder [i.e. the ordinance of the Lord], but vntill the appoynted tyme, vntill the manly old age in the godly vnderstanding of the holy word.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 14 Those men..with the sinnes of their middle and manly age, doe fill vp the measure of their iniquities with the vices of a shamelesse old age.

1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xviii. 244 If the Infant vow be invalid till the Manly confirmation.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 6 William Galeon..did in his Manly Years take upon him the Habit of the Friers of the Order of St. Austin.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 52 To warn the wretch, that young Orestes grown To manly years shou'd re-assert the throne.

1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 69 Deficiency of temper, and judgment, and manly comprehension of the public interest.

1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. I. xxvi. 398 Surely these attainments are but our first manly robe.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §301 339 Important passages in life..reception of the manly himation, marriages, journeys.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 164 In the bloom of manly or of boyish strength.

1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Feb. iv. 6/4 And who would have thought it would be Kemp, the famed man-child of Seattle—manly physically and childish in behavior—who now offers the sage, veteran advice?

Compounds

† manly-carriaged adj. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 131 He was tall, manly-carriag'd, handsome of body and face.

manly-hearted adj.

ΚΠ

1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom xx. 315 Hugh was a rough, but manly-hearted fellow.

1863 D. M. Barnes Draft Riots in N.Y. 89 The three manly-hearted officers then rowed with him to the police-boat.

manly-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 2nd Ser. 165 Such a manly-looking young man.

1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlviii. 63 Frank Houston was, at any rate, a manly-looking fellow.

1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine xvii. 149 He saw big, manly-looking, self-reliant Dick take his position to strike.

1972 B. M. Young tr. U. Akinari Hankai in Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 32 200 When you see a manly-looking priest, take him for a scoundrel.

manly-minded adj.

ΚΠ

1650 J. Poole Country Astrol. 38 Gentle. Manly-minded. Full of courage. Stout. Irefull. Earnest. Fearing no danger. Patient. Delighting in warres and manly exercises.

1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 163 We..walked home in the evening. Scully a good, honest, manly-minded fellow.

1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 Nov. 10/1 A manly-minded man.

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manlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈmanli/, U.S.

/ˈmænli/

Forms: see man n.¹ and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 mandely, pre-1700 mandly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < man n.¹ + -ly suffix²; cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German manlīke, Middle High German manlīche, Old Icelandic mannliga.

1. In a manner regarded as typical of a man as distinguished from a woman; manfully, nobly; courageously, fiercely. Now rare (chiefly regional).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adverb]

manlyOE

manfullyc1425

manlikelya1530

manlike1577

viriliously1632

OE Beowulf 1046 Swa manlice mære þeoden, hordweard hæleþa heaþoræsas geald mearum ond madmum.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Haldeð ow inswich reste þet ȝe longe þrefter muȝe i godes seruise monluker wurchen.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13404 And hæhte heom amorȝen monliche arisen.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 207 (MED) Missely marked he is way, & so manly he rides þat alle his wies were went, ne wist he neuer whider.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 1 Macc. vi. 31 Thei maden engynys..and fouȝten manly.

?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) xxi. 94 Þe kyng hase all way agayne-standen him and putt him off mannely.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 341 (MED) Whanne a man is sett forto reioice grete ricchessis, he is sett forto forbere lustis strongli and manli; and whanne he [is] sette forto lacke the ricchessis, he is sett forto suffre peynes strongli and manli.

?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 669 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 79 And I shall manly, with all my myght, Make the fyre to blase and brenne [emended in ed. to brynne].

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7227 He met hom full monly with his mayn dynttes.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C5^v Faith, and Techelles, it was manly done.

1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 41 The ugly beast..Comes at him manly, with most dreadful paws.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 231 Our Souldiers..stood manly to it, with their Bowes and Arrowes.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Manly adv., with courage like a man.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xv. 241 I wish you'd let me tell you..that you've stood out mighty manly and handsomely in all this business, and made every one like you and admire you.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 179 He faced him manly and he leathered him every way.

1990 T. McEwen McX (1991) iii. 126 McX strides manly to the pantry.

†2.

a. Like a human being; (also) humanely, courteously; generously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > humanely

manlya1375

humanly1594

humanelya1616

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2040 (MED) I [sc. Alisaundrine]..manly in my maner missaide hire as i dorst.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ix. 27 Forsothe Y trist hym to do myldly and manly, or curteysly.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 3 Iulius tretynge manly [glossed or kurteysly] Poule suffride for to go to frendis.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 87 Who-so hath moche, spene manliche so meneth Thobie.

1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 4 Ye wysely declare to fore tham these answers, so that they sey manly yee and nay yu such poyntes as yow thynke to be don.

a1500 Devil's Parl. (BL Add. 37492) (1993) 68 I nyst neuer whedyr it ȝ[o]de; Whanne he ȝaf it vp, manly he cryde.

b. In the manner of postlapsarian man, unregenerately. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adverb]

sinfullyc1175

manly1547

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adverb] > after the nature of fallen humanity

manly1547

1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe iv. sig. Dij Let hym tary style in the doctrine of man and lyue as manly and carnally as he list.

†3. Excellently. Cf. bravely adv. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]

fairlyOE

goodlyc1275

finec1330

properlyc1390

daintily?a1400

thrivinglya1400

goodlily?1457

excellent1483

excellently1527

excellently1529

curiously1548

jollilyc1563

admirably1570

beautifully1570

singularly1576

bravelyc1600

famouslya1616

manlya1616

primely1622

prime1648

eximiously1650

topping1683

egregiously1693

purely1695

trimmingly1719

toppinglya1739

surprisingly1749

capitally1750

brawly1796

jellily18..

stammingly1814

divinely1822

stunningly1823

rippingly1828

jam up1835

out of sight1835

first-rately1843

first rate1844

like a charm1845

stunning1851

marvellously1859

magnificently1868

first class1871

splendidly1883

sterlingly1883

tip-top1888

like one o'clock1901

deevily1905

goodo1907

dandy1908

bonzer1914

great1916

juicily1916

corkingly1917

champion1925

unbeatably1928

snodger1946

beaut1953

smashingly1956

groovily1970

awesome1984

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 237 This time goes manly: Come go we to the King, our Power is ready, Our lacke is nothing but our leaue.

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单词	manly
释义	manlyadj. Brit. /ˈmanli/, U.S. /ˈmænli/ Forms: see man n.¹ and -ly suffix¹; also 1500s meanelye (probably transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 mandly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < man n.¹ + -ly suffix¹. Compare earlier manly adv.; also Middle Low German manlīk , Old High German manlīh , mannilīh (Middle High German manlich , German männlich ), Old Icelandic mannligr ; compare also similar formations < Germanic cognates of mannish n., as Old Frisian mannisklik , mannsklik , etc. With senses 1 and 4 compare man n.¹ I.; with senses 2 and 3 compare man n.¹ II. †1. Belonging to human beings; human. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind mannisheOE fleshlyc1175 manlya1225 fleshya1400 human1495 microcosmical1570 microcosmala1644 anthropic1816 microcosmic1816 humanitary1851 hominal1861 hominine1883 neanthropic1894 pan-human1900 sapient1971 a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 43 For none winde of mannliche fandinge. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 88 Swich gruwinge hesde his monliche flesch aȝein þe..pinen þet hit schulde dreȝen. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) l. 783 in Minor Poems (1970) i. 167 Be nat abassht, it manly is to synne, But feendly is longe lye ther-ynne. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xcviii. f. cxxx^v/1 The ordenaunces that I haue yeue to them for to kepe, ben manly in asmoche as I that am a man haue enioyned them to kepe them. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxix^v One of thilke thre wayes of lyues..whiche..arne by names cleaped, bestiallich, resonablich, is vertuous: manlych is worldlich. 1580 Knox's Percel vi Psalme (new ed.) sig. A8 Wee haue another schoolemaister then manly reason. 1635 A. Gil Sacred Philos. Holy Script. ii. xxii. 134 Hee [sc. Satan] thought that God should rather dwell in the being of the Angels..then dwelling in the tabernacle of the manly being. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour ii. i. 17 I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, And dastards manly Souls with hope and fear. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 39 Think you the Soul, when this Life's Rattles cease, Has nothing of more Manly to succeed? 2. a. Of a person: having those qualities or characteristics traditionally associated with men as distinguished from women or children; courageous, strong, independent in spirit, frank, upright, etc. Occasionally in early use: †having those qualities or characteristics associated with fighting men (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adjective] manly?c1225 virtuousc1330 manfula1400 manlikec1480 manful-hardy1542 ballsy1959 studly1966 the world > people > person > man > [adjective] > qualities of manly?c1225 manlikec1480 virile1490 mannish1530 manful1655 manny1853 dude1879 blokeish1920 butch1949 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 199 Wimmon is þe reisun þet is wittes schile hwen hit unstrengeð þe schulde beo monlich. staðelwurðe. & kene itreowe bileaue. c1300 Judas Iscariot (Harl.) 33 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 108 (MED) Þo heo seȝ hit was a child manlich and fair, Glad heo was and hopede of him to habbe an heire. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3325 (MED) Þei..hadden gret ioye þa so manli a man wold mele in here side. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3419 Þe stiward had a newe, but of ȝonge age, on þe manlokest man þat men shold of heren. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) 7507 He was honest and manly. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 785 Lykly he was, rycht fair and weill farrand, Mandly and stout. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. iv. 9 Be stronge now and manly ye Philistynes... Be manly and fighte. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 486 War he ane manly man, as he is weill maid, He war full michtie. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vi. 107 Manly as Hector, but more dangerous. View more context for this quotation 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 421 A proud Nobility, a familiar and manly Gentry. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 485 Inspire your Poet in his high Design; To sing what Slaughter manly Turnus made. 1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green ii. 17 The manly Miller haff and haff, Came out to shaw good Will. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 172 His person was manly and his air military. 1800 J. Foster Let. 15 Jan. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 124 It is more manly to confess than to extenuate. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits iv. 38 They [sc. the English] are rather manly than warlike. 1879 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 3rd Ser. ii. 62 He [sc. Fielding] was manly to the last. 1902 W. S. Maugham Mrs. Craddock iii. 21 He was manly, and the..thought passed through Bertha that his strength must be quite herculean. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xix. 353 The wallowing in private emotion, the utter abasement of his manly self, seemed to lend him a second nature. 1997 J. Seabrook Deeper v. 178 I'm way too manly to let this stuff bother me personally. b. Of a woman: having attributes or features usually regarded as characteristic of a man; mannish. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adjective] > man-like woman mannisha1425 manlyc1511 mankind1566 Amazonical1582 Amazonian1595 virago1598 manlike1605 masculine1611 viraginian1642 viraginous1667 Amazonic1782 strong-minded1843 andromorphous1865 c1511 1st Eng. Bk. Amer. (1885) Introd. 33/1 These women be very manly in fytynge and hardy. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxiij^v This wytch or manly woman..the Frenchemen greatly glorified. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) iv. sig. G4^v Dorot. How looke I Nano like a man or no? Nano. If not a man, yet like a manlie shrowe. 1611 T. Heywood Golden Age ii. sig. E I am not yet of that Giant size, but I may passe for a bona Roba, a Rounceual a Virago, or a good manly Lasse. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage (1625) 319 Of which Manly foeminine people [sc. Amazons] ancient authors disagree. 1698 J. Crowne Caligula i. 2 A Manly daring Soul lurks deep, Under this gentle Lady, like outside. a1777 S. Foote Cozeners (1778) iii. ii. 75 As to fortune, she is totally careless in that... How manly that is in a woman! 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 42 My aunt was a lady of large frame..she was..a very manly woman. 1835 T. Creevey Let. 6 Aug. in J. Gore Creevey's Life & Times (1934) xix. 410 She is as manly and correct a little chap as I have seen this many a day. 1875 R. Lowell Under Old Elm viii Virginia, fitly named from England's manly queen! 1992 D. Spoto Blue Angel xii. 188 It was the logical extension of her ‘manly woman’ role. †c. In extended use: suggestive of characteristics traditionally associated with men, esp. in being strong, resilient, serious, etc. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 73 The vigour of the Native Earth Maintains the Plant, and makes a Manly Birth. View more context for this quotation 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 470 The house of Auchtertyre, with a manly front of cut granite. 1803 F. W. Blagdon Paris as it Was II. xliv. 86 The architecture has certainly lost that gloomy tint which gave to this building a manly and respectable character. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 185 It [sc. iron] is a manly metal, with no sordid associations like gold or silver. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward vi. 124 But only a man can talk really to the point of this manliest of cities. 3. Of a thing, a quality, etc.: befitting or belonging to a man; masculine. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adjective] > manly (of things or qualities) manlyc1385 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2130 Blak was his berd and manly was his face. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 60 Manly complexioun chongiþ in to femel complexioun. 1459 Rolls of Parl. V. 348/2 Exortation..made..in so witty, so knyghtly, so manly, in so comfortable wise. a1500 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Rawl.) (1896) 45 A man, that..[had] his manly membris y-kute of and cast away, come to his tombe. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 53 I saw the wound,..on his manly breast. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 158 A manly enterprise, To coniure teares vp, in a poore maides eyes. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 48 The Germans speech is said to be manly, the Frenchmans sweet and fluent. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 225 Therefore with manlier objects we must try His constancy. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 2 His Conscious destiny made way By manly beauty to Imperiall sway. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 54 The Drunkards Voice is Hoarse and Manly, not like the squeaking trills of an Eunuch. 1778 R. Potter Notes Tragedies Æschylus 563 This ode..begins with a sublime and manly address to Jupiter. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters III. xii. 152 In my earlier life, I was addicted to what are termed ‘manly sports’. 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. xxiv. 54 Train we these minds effeminate With thoughts and ways of manlier state. 1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. v. 135 Mme Fisher had once remarked that a darting womanish quality, enforced by a manly steadiness of will, made him the figure he was, or promised to be, in his own, the banking, world. 1962 Jrnl. Amer. Optometric Assoc. Nov. 345 In 3 manly colors: Burnt Gold, Charcoal Grey and Brown. 1986 T. O. Echewa Crippled Dancer i. iv. 97 He stored his grief, and prided himself in his manly ability to store it. †4. Humane, charitable; generous. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > humane manlyc1400 humane1603 civil1609 humanitarian1844 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 260 (MED) Artow manlyche amonge þi neiȝbores of þi mete and drynke? c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale (Hengwrt) 1233 Free was daun Iohn and manly of dispence. †5. Courteous, subservient. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 65 Ȝif þei ȝeuen a benefis..for þe celrk [read clerk] is manly to þe lord in gay cloþinge..it is stynkynge symonye. 6. Of a man or an attribute, etc., of a man: adult, mature. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adjective] > adult man manly1579 virile1603 man-growna1641 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue Hereticall Affirm. sig. bj^v Not that they should alwayes remaine as subject thereunder [i.e. the ordinance of the Lord], but vntill the appoynted tyme, vntill the manly old age in the godly vnderstanding of the holy word. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 14 Those men..with the sinnes of their middle and manly age, doe fill vp the measure of their iniquities with the vices of a shamelesse old age. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xviii. 244 If the Infant vow be invalid till the Manly confirmation. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 6 William Galeon..did in his Manly Years take upon him the Habit of the Friers of the Order of St. Austin. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 52 To warn the wretch, that young Orestes grown To manly years shou'd re-assert the throne. 1769 E. Burke Observ. Late State Nation 69 Deficiency of temper, and judgment, and manly comprehension of the public interest. 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. I. xxvi. 398 Surely these attainments are but our first manly robe. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §301 339 Important passages in life..reception of the manly himation, marriages, journeys. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 164 In the bloom of manly or of boyish strength. 1998 Chicago Tribune 24 Feb. iv. 6/4 And who would have thought it would be Kemp, the famed man-child of Seattle—manly physically and childish in behavior—who now offers the sage, veteran advice? Compounds † manly-carriaged adj. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 131 He was tall, manly-carriag'd, handsome of body and face. manly-hearted adj. ΚΠ 1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom xx. 315 Hugh was a rough, but manly-hearted fellow. 1863 D. M. Barnes Draft Riots in N.Y. 89 The three manly-hearted officers then rowed with him to the police-boat. manly-looking adj. ΚΠ 1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 2nd Ser. 165 Such a manly-looking young man. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlviii. 63 Frank Houston was, at any rate, a manly-looking fellow. 1900 G. Patten Rockspur Nine xvii. 149 He saw big, manly-looking, self-reliant Dick take his position to strike. 1972 B. M. Young tr. U. Akinari Hankai in Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 32 200 When you see a manly-looking priest, take him for a scoundrel. manly-minded adj. ΚΠ 1650 J. Poole Country Astrol. 38 Gentle. Manly-minded. Full of courage. Stout. Irefull. Earnest. Fearing no danger. Patient. Delighting in warres and manly exercises. 1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 163 We..walked home in the evening. Scully a good, honest, manly-minded fellow. 1856 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 21 Nov. 10/1 A manly-minded man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). manlyadv. Brit. /ˈmanli/, U.S. /ˈmænli/ Forms: see man n.¹ and -ly suffix²; also Scottish pre-1700 mandely, pre-1700 mandly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -ly suffix². Etymology: < man n.¹ + -ly suffix²; cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Low German manlīke, Middle High German manlīche, Old Icelandic mannliga. 1. In a manner regarded as typical of a man as distinguished from a woman; manfully, nobly; courageously, fiercely. Now rare (chiefly regional). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adverb] manlyOE manfullyc1425 manlikelya1530 manlike1577 viriliously1632 OE Beowulf 1046 Swa manlice mære þeoden, hordweard hæleþa heaþoræsas geald mearum ond madmum. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 311 Haldeð ow inswich reste þet ȝe longe þrefter muȝe i godes seruise monluker wurchen. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 13404 And hæhte heom amorȝen monliche arisen. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 207 (MED) Missely marked he is way, & so manly he rides þat alle his wies were went, ne wist he neuer whider. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) 1 Macc. vi. 31 Thei maden engynys..and fouȝten manly. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) xxi. 94 Þe kyng hase all way agayne-standen him and putt him off mannely. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 341 (MED) Whanne a man is sett forto reioice grete ricchessis, he is sett forto forbere lustis strongli and manli; and whanne he [is] sette forto lacke the ricchessis, he is sett forto suffre peynes strongli and manli. ?a1525 (?a1475) Play Sacrament l. 669 in N. Davis Non-Cycle Plays & Fragm. (1970) 79 And I shall manly, with all my myght, Make the fyre to blase and brenne [emended in ed. to brynne]. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 7227 He met hom full monly with his mayn dynttes. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. C5^v Faith, and Techelles, it was manly done. 1609 S. Rowlands Famous Hist. Guy Earle of Warwick 41 The ugly beast..Comes at him manly, with most dreadful paws. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. v. 231 Our Souldiers..stood manly to it, with their Bowes and Arrowes. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Manly adv., with courage like a man. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker xv. 241 I wish you'd let me tell you..that you've stood out mighty manly and handsomely in all this business, and made every one like you and admire you. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 179 He faced him manly and he leathered him every way. 1990 T. McEwen McX (1991) iii. 126 McX strides manly to the pantry. †2. a. Like a human being; (also) humanely, courteously; generously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > humanely manlya1375 humanly1594 humanelya1616 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2040 (MED) I [sc. Alisaundrine]..manly in my maner missaide hire as i dorst. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ix. 27 Forsothe Y trist hym to do myldly and manly, or curteysly. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxvii. 3 Iulius tretynge manly [glossed or kurteysly] Poule suffride for to go to frendis. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 87 Who-so hath moche, spene manliche so meneth Thobie. 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 4 Ye wysely declare to fore tham these answers, so that they sey manly yee and nay yu such poyntes as yow thynke to be don. a1500 Devil's Parl. (BL Add. 37492) (1993) 68 I nyst neuer whedyr it ȝ[o]de; Whanne he ȝaf it vp, manly he cryde. b. In the manner of postlapsarian man, unregenerately. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > sinfulness > [adverb] sinfullyc1175 manly1547 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adverb] > after the nature of fallen humanity manly1547 1547 J. Hooper Declar. Christe iv. sig. Dij Let hym tary style in the doctrine of man and lyue as manly and carnally as he list. †3. Excellently. Cf. bravely adv. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] fairlyOE goodlyc1275 finec1330 properlyc1390 daintily?a1400 thrivinglya1400 goodlily?1457 excellent1483 excellently1527 excellently1529 curiously1548 jollilyc1563 admirably1570 beautifully1570 singularly1576 bravelyc1600 famouslya1616 manlya1616 primely1622 prime1648 eximiously1650 topping1683 egregiously1693 purely1695 trimmingly1719 toppinglya1739 surprisingly1749 capitally1750 brawly1796 jellily18.. stammingly1814 divinely1822 stunningly1823 rippingly1828 jam up1835 out of sight1835 first-rately1843 first rate1844 like a charm1845 stunning1851 marvellously1859 magnificently1868 first class1871 splendidly1883 sterlingly1883 tip-top1888 like one o'clock1901 deevily1905 goodo1907 dandy1908 bonzer1914 great1916 juicily1916 corkingly1917 champion1925 unbeatably1928 snodger1946 beaut1953 smashingly1956 groovily1970 awesome1984 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 237 This time goes manly: Come go we to the King, our Power is ready, Our lacke is nothing but our leaue. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1225adv.OE
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