different between manly vs manlike

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)

1. Having the characteristics of a man.
2. 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

English

Etymology

From man +? -like.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?manl??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mænla?k/

Adjective

manlike (comparative more manlike, superlative most manlike)

1. Of or characteristic of grown men, as opposed to women or children; macho, mannish, virile.
2. Of or relating to a human being; anthropoid, anthropomorphous.

   The legendary Bigfoot is said to be a manlike creature.

Anagrams

• Keilman, Kleiman