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Adjective manly has 2 senses
- manly, manful, manlike - possessing qualities befitting a man
Antonyms: unmanly, unmanful, unmanlike, effeminate, emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified, sissyish, sissy, womanish, timid
- male, manful, manlike, manly, virile - characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
Antonym: feminine (indirect, via masculine)
Adverbial manly has 1 sense
- manfully, manly - in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home"
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