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manlike
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective manlike has 3 senses
- manlike(a = adj.all) manful, manly - possessing qualities befitting a man; Array
- manlike(s = adj.all) male, manful, manly, virile - characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
- manlike(s = adj.all) anthropoid - resembling human beings; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
manlike, a. [Man + like. Cf. Manly.].
Like man, or like a man, in form or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
"In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
manlike, adj.
1 having the qualities of a man.
2 (of a woman) mannish.
3 (of an animal, shape, etc.) resembling a human being.
1 having the qualities of a man.
2 (of a woman) mannish.
3 (of an animal, shape, etc.) resembling a human being.
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