manly

Meaning

Adjective

• Having the characteristics of a man.
• Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.

Related

Opposite words

• womanly

Origin

• From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manlīċ (suggested by adverb manlīċe), from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz, equivalent to man + -ly. Cognate with Old High German manlīh (German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).