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manly
English
Etymology
From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manl??, *mannl?? (suggested by adverb manl??e, mannl??e (“in a manly way; stately”)), from Proto-Germanic *mannl?kaz (“manly”), equivalent to man +? -ly. Cognate with Old High German manl?h (“manly”) (German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mænli/
Adjective
manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)
- Having the characteristics of a man.
- Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.
- 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
- manliness
Translations
Anagrams
- Lyman, Lynam
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burly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??li/
- Rhymes: -??(r)li
Etymology 1
From Middle English burly, burely, borly, burlich, borlich, borlic (“tall, stately”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots burely, burly (“rough, stout, sturdy, strong”). Perhaps from Old English *b?rl?? (“noble, stately”, literally “bowerly”), equivalent to bower +? -ly; or from Old English *byrl?? (“high, raised”), from byre (“raised area, mound”), cognate with Old High German burl?h, purl?h (“lofty, elevated, high, exalted”), related to Old High German burjan (“to raise, lift, push up”). See burgeon.
Alternative forms
- bowerly (dialectal)
Adjective
burly (comparative burlier, superlative burliest)
- (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.
- She was frankly disappointed. For some reason she had thought to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
- (Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.
- (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
Translations
Etymology 2
burl +? -y
Adjective
burly (comparative more burly, superlative most burly)
- Full of burls or knots; knotty.
Middle English
Adjective
burly
- Alternative form of burely
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