Meaning of manlily | Babel Free

Definitions

In a manly way.

Examples

“And if thy wiues ſoule were freed from the frailty of her ſexe, it were as manly, as noble, as vnderſtanding, and euery way as excellent as thine owne: Nay, and if it were poſſible for you to change bodies; hers would worke as manlily in thine, and thine as womanlily in hers. Let the husband then bee ſo farre from inſulting ouer, contemning, or vndervaluing his wiues worth, for the weakeneſſe of her ſexe; […]”

“The gallant King, / His high, his majestic beauty not destroyed / But bearing itself more manlily, the Goddess / In pitying admiration sees, […]”

“[…] leather has long been associated with 'hard' masculinity […] while jockey briefs are seen to be manlily functional, right down to the rather dysfunctional front opening.”

“My first idea was to get a coach to Alton Towers and treat Helen to a day out there where I would manlily pretend that the rides did not affect me, before throwing up afterwards.”

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