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Definition: Manliness |
ManlinessNoun1. The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "manliness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: ManlinessSynonyms: manfulness (n), virility (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Manliness, manhood; nerve, pluck, mettle, game; heart, heart of grace; spunk, guts, face, virtue, hardihood, fortitude, intestinal fortitude; firmness; (stability); heart of oak; bottom, backbone, spine; (perseverance) a. resolution; (determination); bulldog courage. |
Resolution | Noun: determination, will; iron will, unconquerable will; will of one's own, decision, resolution; backbone; clear grit, true grit, grit; sand, strength of mind, strength of will; resolve; (intent); firmness; (stability); energy, manliness, vigor; game, pluck; resoluteness; (courage); zeal; aplomb; desperation; devotion, devotedness. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Manliness |
| English words defined with "manliness": Mense. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're steppin' on my moment of manliness here. (Angel; writing credit: Letcia Dornelles) Manliness is not all swagger and mountain climbing. (Tea and Sympathy; writing credit: Robert Anderson) | |
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John Greenleaf Whittier | How dwarfed against his manliness she sees the poor pretension, the wants, the aims, the follies, born of fashion and convention! |
Oliver Goldsmith | In all the silent manliness of grief. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | The enjoyment of this right follows the badge of citizenship wherever found, and, unimpaired by race or color, it appeals for recognition to American manliness and fairness. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Manliness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Manliness" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
manliness | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "manliness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | virlitet (manhood), forcë mashkulli, burrëri (fearlessness, fortitude, manhood, mankind, spunk, virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | رجولة (manhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | смелост (audacity, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, enterprise, gallantry, hardihood, hardiness, pluck, sand, spirit, valor, valour), мъжественост (manhood, masculinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 勇敢 (Brave, Bravery, Courageous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mužnost (virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | miehuus (manhood), miehuullisuus (bravery, valour), miehekkyys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | virilité (maleness, manhood, masculinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | männlichkeit (maleness, manhood, mannishness, masculinity, virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανδρικότησ (masculinity), ανδρικότητα (masculinity), ανδροπρέπεια (manfulness, manissness, manly attitude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | 'בריות (manhood, masculinity, virility), 'ברות (manhood, virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | határozottság (definiteness, firmness, fixity of purpose, grittiness, positiveness, resoluteness, resolve, robustness, spiritedness, steadiness, stoutness, sturdiness), férfiasság (manhood, masculinity, virility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | virilit (manhood, virility), virile (manful, manly, masculine, virile), coraggio (bravery, courage, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, mettle, nerve, pluck, stoutness, valiancy, valor, valour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 雄性 (male characteristics), 競い肌 (gallantry), "振り (good looking), 剛毅 (firmness of character, fortitude, hardihood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おと"ぶり (good looking), きおいは (gallantry), "うき (bravery, firmness of character, fortitude, hardihood, imperial outing or visit, instruments of torture, stoutheartedness, sturdy spirit), ゆうせい (dominance, eugenic, living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses, male characteristics, planet, postal system, predominance, preponderance, sexual, superior power, superiority, vocal, voiced, wandering star, worrying about world conditions). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | feroilid (manfulness, mannishness, virility), feroilaght (manhood), feraghtys, feraght (manhood). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anlinessmay masculinidade (manhood, mash), virilidade (manhood, strength, virility), valoroso (brave, gallant, high-hearted, manly, valiant, valorous), coragem (adventure, audaciousness, audacity, bravery, courage, daring, doughtiness, gallantry, guts, hackle, hardihood, hardiness, heart attack, intricacy, killed, manfulness, manhood, nerve, pluck, prowess, resolution, sand, spunk, stoutness), brio (dignity, honor, honour, metal, mettlesomeness, pep, pride, spunk). (various references) virilitate (manhood, virility), curaj (boldness, bravery, chins up, come on, courage, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, go, grit, gut, hardihood, nerve, pluck, recklessness, spirit, spunk, stomach, stoutness, valor, valour), bãrbãţie (energy, manhood, mannishness, virility). (various references) мужественность (machismo, manhood, masculinity, virility). (various references) muževnost (machismo, manhood), muškost (manhood, masculinity). (various references) virilidad (manhood, virility). (various references) manlighet (manhood, masculinity, virility). (various references) mertlik (bravery, chivalry, manfulness, manhood), erkeklik (manhood, masculinity, virility). (various references) мужність (bravery, courage, machismo, manhood, masculinity, mettle, nerve). (various references) tính mạnh mẽ (crispness, impetuosity, impetuousness, intenseness, spiritedness), tính hùng dũng, tính chất đ n ông (maleness, masculinity), tính can đảm (bravery, fearlessness, grit, stout-heartedness), đức tính đ n ông. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | virtus, virtute, virtutem, virtutes, virtutesque, virtuti, virtutibus, virtutis, virtutisque, virtutum, vitualis, vitualis-e. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "manliness": manlinesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "manliness": gentlemanliness, unmanliness, womanliness. (additional references) | |
Words containing "manliness": gentlemanlinesses, unmanlinesses, womanlinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Manliness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: magnilens, magnilenses, Mansionses, menzieses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "manliness" (pronounced 'Man"li*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-n-s-s" | |
-1 letter: linesman, melanins. | |
-2 letters: aimless, innless, inseams, lensman, lineman, malines, manless, melanin, menials, nanisms, salines, samiels, samisen, seismal, seminal, siennas, silanes, simnels. | |
-3 letters: aisles, aliens, alines, amines, animes, anises, elains, emails, inanes, insane, inseam, lassie, lemans, lianes, limans, limens, linens, mailes, maline, manses, menial, mensal, mensas, mesial, mesian, messan, missal, missel, nanism, saline, salmis, samiel, sanies, sansei, semina, sennas, sienna, silane, simnel, slimes, smiles, snails. | |
-4 letters: aisle, alien, aline, almes, amens, amies, amine, amins, amiss, anile, anils, anime, anise, elain, elans, email, inane, isles, lames, lanes, lases, leans, leman, lenis, liane, liens, liman, limas, limen, limes, limns, linen, lines, linns, maile, mails, mains, males, manes, manse, masse, meals, means, mensa, mesas, miens, miles, minae, minas, mines, mises, nails, names, nemas, nines, sails, sains, sales, salmi, sanes, sasin, seals, seams, seism, semis, senna, sensa, sials, simas, sines, sisal, slain, slams, slime, slims, smile, snail. | |
-5 letters: ails, aims, ains, ales, alme, alms, amen, amie, amin, amis, anes, anil, anis, elan, elms, ilea, inns, isle, isms, lain, lame, lams, lane, lase, lass, lean, leas, leis, lens, less, lien, lies, lima, lime, limn, line, linn, lins, maes, mail, main, male, mane, mans, mass, meal, mean, mels, mesa, mess, mien, mile, mils, mina, mine, mise, miss, nail, name, nans, nema, ness, nils, nims, nine, sail, sain, sale, sals, same, sane, sans, seal, seam, seas, seis, sels, semi, sial, sima, sims, sine, sins, slam, slim. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-m-n-n-s-s" | |
+2 letters: instalments, manlinesses, meaningless, mischannels, signalments, unmanliness, womanliness. | |
+3 letters: installments, maidenliness, manifoldness, mannerliness, militantness, plasminogens. | |
+4 letters: blandishments, instrumentals, languishments, meaninglessly, melanogenesis, misalignments, unmanlinesses, womanlinesses. | |
+5 letters: commonsensical, dismantlements, elementariness, imaginableness, infinitesimals, inimitableness, maidenlinesses, manifoldnesses, mannerlinesses, meaningfulness, militantnesses, millennialisms, millennialists, phenomenalisms, phenomenalists, sensationalism, sentimentalise, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, solemnizations, terminableness, unmannerliness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 6C 69 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. .-.. .. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01101100 01101001 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n l i n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 006C 0069 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476780787580718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Speeches 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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