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Definition: Manly |
ManlyAdjective1. Possessing qualities befitting a man. 2. Characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports". Adverb1. In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "manly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
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Literature | Manly in the Plain Dealer, by Wycherly. He is violent and uncouth, but presents an excellent contrast to the hypocritical Olivia (q.v.). Mr. Manly, in The Provoked Husband, by Vanbrugh and Cibber. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Manly is a city located in Worth County, Iowa. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,342.Geography
Manly is located at 43°17'16" North, 93°12'14" West (43.287766, -93.203800)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²). 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 1,342 people, 559 households, and 367 families residing in the city. The population density is 359.8/km² (933.2/mi²). There are 594 housing units at an average density of 159.3/km² (413.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 97.47% White, 0.97% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 559 households out of which 32.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% are non-families. 30.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.35 and the average family size is 2.92. In the city the population is spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 20.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 38 years. For every 100 females there are 88.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $33,603, and the median income for a family is $41,364. Males have a median income of $29,875 versus $21,067 for females. The per capita income for the city is $15,808. 7.9% of the population and 4.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 10.2% are under the age of 18 and 8.2% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Manly, Iowa."
Synonyms: ManlySynonyms: male (adj), manful (adj), manlike (adj), virile (adj), manfully (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: unmanly (adj), unmanfully (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Adolescence | Adjective: adolescent, pubescent, of age; of full age, of ripe age; out of one's teens, grown up, mature, full grown, in one's prime, middle-aged, manly, virile, adult; womanly, matronly; marriageable, nubile. |
Contention | Wrestling, greco-roman wrestling; pugilism, boxing, fisticuffs, the manly art of self-defense; spar, mill, set-to, round, bout, event, prize fighting; quarterstaff, single stick; gladiatorship, gymnastics; jiujitsu, jujutsu, kooshti, sumo; athletics, athletic sports; games of skill. |
Courage | Adjective: courageous, brave; valiant, valorous; gallant, intrepid; spirited, spiritful; high-spirited, high-mettled; mettlesome, plucky; manly, manful; resolute; stout,.stout-hearted; iron-hearted, lion-hearted; heart of oak; Penthesilean. |
Man | Adjective: male, he-, masculine; manly, virile; unwomanly, unfeminine. |
Strength | Manly, man-like, manful; masculine, male, virile. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Manly |
| English words defined with "manly": man, manfulness, manhood, manliness, man-sized ♦ poor-spirited, pusillanimous ♦ regard, respect, Rural deanery ♦ toga virilis ♦ unmanly ♦ valedictory, virility. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "manly": Antinous ♦ Blokey ♦ Choriambic Metre ♦ Petticoat ♦ Save the Mark. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "manly": masculine. (references) |
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Screenplays | Yeah so if you could stop crushing her to your manly torso plate for a while what say we start the repairs (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio) They make me feel all manly. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) We think that you are quite brave and manly. (Quick Change; writing credit: Howard Franklin) That it was manly and impulsive (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan) The manly dot (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson) | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Manly Man (1911) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly. Credit: NASA. |  | Civilization builders. Ah! The manly art of self defense! Training a champion, no doubt! ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Manly Court, Summit, New Jersey. Colonial section. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Weathered timber decking" by Craig Stump Commentary: "The decking from the Manly Skiff club, Sydney." |
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(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | A hairy body, and arms stiff with bristles, give promise of a manly soul. |
Benjamin Franklin | 'Tis more noble to forgive, and more manly to despise, than to revenge an Injury. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself. |
William Henry Harrison | A decent and manly examination of the acts of the Government should be not only tolerated, but encouraged. |
William Wycherley | Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures. |
Young | It is great and manly to disdain disguise; it shows our spirit and proves our strength. |
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US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Still he made a great and manly effort, conquered his hesitation, and continued his advance |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | Frugality is a great revenue, besides curing us of vanities, levities, and fopperies, which are real antidotes to all great, manly, and warlike virtues. |
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| "Manly" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 80.82% of the time. "Manly" is used about 146 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 80.82% | 118 | 29,674 |
| Noun (proper) | 19.18% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Total | 100.00% | 146 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "manly" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Manly | Last name | 1,000 | 13,997 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "manly". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Geber | N/A | Biblical | Manly |
| Gibbar | N/A | Biblical | Manly |
| Manley | Male | English | Manly |
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1. Manly, IA (city, FIPS 48900) |
Expression using "manly": manly attitude. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "manly": manly-sized, Manly-warringah. | |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "manly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mashkullor (male, masculine, phallic), burrëror (manful, manlike, virile). (various references) | |
Arabic | متمتع بصفات الرجل الحق, قوي (able bodied, acute, athletic, brawny, burly, forceful, forcible, full-bodied, furious, generous, hardy, hearty, heavy duty, husky, incorrodible, intense, intensive, keen, lively, lusty, mighty, muscular, pithy, potent, powered, powerful, precious, pronounced, reliable, robust, rude, sledge hammer, spanking, staunch, stern, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, telling, tight, tough, trig, vehement, vigorous, violent, virtuous, vivid, youthful), رجولي (male, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | смел (adventurous, ambitious, audacious, bold, brave, courageous, daring, dashing, gallant, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, high-hearted, high-spirited, manful, martial, mettled, mettlesome, plucky, provocative, slashing, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, thoroughbred, valiant, venturesome), с мъжки нрав, мъжествен (male, manful, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 男子氣 (masculine), 男子气概. (various references) | |
Czech | mužný (manlike), chlapský (butch). (various references) | |
Farsi | مردوار, مردانه (Male, Mannish, Masculine, Virile), جوانمرد (Chivalrous, Sportsmanlike, Youth). (various references) | |
Finnish | miesmäinen (mannish, masculine), miehuullinen (brave, courageous), miehekäs (masculine). (various references) | |
French | masculin (male, mannish, masculine), mâle (he man, male, man, masculine, mate), viril. (various references) | |
German | männlich (male, mannish, masculine, unfeminine, virile, virilly). (various references) | |
Greek | ανδρικόσ (manful, mannish, masculine, virile), ανδροπρεπήσ (manlike, virile). (various references) | |
Hebrew | זכרי (male, masculine), גברי (male, manlike, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Hungarian | férfias (ballsy, manful, manlike, mannish, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Indonesian | jantan (macho, male, masculine), agam (hefty, sturdy, virile). (various references) | |
Irish | fearúil. (various references) | |
Italian | virile (manful, manliness, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 潔い (pure, sportsmanlike, upright). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおしい (brave, heroic), おとこっぽい (boyish), おとこらしい, いさぎよい (pure, sportsmanlike, upright), りりしい (awe-inspiring, biting, brave, chivalrous, dignified, gallant, imposing, severe), けなげ (brave, courage, gallant, heroic, industrious, lovable, praiseworthy, pure), だんせいてき. (various references) | |
Manx | feroil (manful, mannish, virile), feragh, dooinnoil (human, manlike). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anlymay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | viril (high-hearted, male, manful, manlike, masculine, red-blooded, virile), varonil (malaria, manful, manlike, masculine, virile), valoroso (brave, gallant, high-hearted, manlike, valiant, valorous), forte (accomplished, acute, bold, bouncing, brawny, cogent, decuman, firm, forceful, forcible, fort, forte, fortress, full-blooded, hale, hard, heavy, hefty, high, high-hearted, intense, intensive, keen, loud, lusty, masculine, masterful, mighty, nappy, penetrating, pithy, potent, presidio, racy, red-blooded, robust, salt, sanguineous, seaworthy, sharp, sinewy, snorting, solid, stalwart, stark, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, swingeing, telling, tough, two-fisted, unfailing, vehement, venturous, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), brioso (courageous, generous, magnanimous, noble, resolute, self-respecting, spunky). (various references) | |
Romanian | viteaz (bold, brave, courageous, gallant, gamy, hero, proud, stalwart, temerarious, valiant, valorous, vigorous), viril (manful, masculine, virile), de bãrbat (manful, manlike, mannish, masculine), brav (bold, brave, bravely, courageous, dare devil, gallant, manful, plucky, valiant, valorous), bãrbãtesc (brave, male, manful, manlike, mannish, man's, masculine, resolute, virile). (various references) | |
Russian | мужественный (high-hearted, manful, masculine, spunky, virile), мужеподобный (androids, manlike, mannish). (various references) | |
Scottish | fearail, duineil. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | muževan (macho, male, manlike, two-fisted), muški (male, manful, manfully, mannish, masculine, virile), junački. (various references) | |
Spanish | varonil (male, manlike, mannish, masculine, unfeminine, viril). (various references) | |
Swedish | manlig (male, manful, manlike, mannish, masculine, virile). (various references) | |
Turkish | mertçe (bravely, honestly, manfully, nobly, with the gloves off, without gloves), mert (brave, chivalrous, manful, red blooded), yiğit (brave, bulldog, courageous, dare devil, daredevil, Doughty, gallant, game, hero, manful, plucky, red blooded, redoubtable, spartan, spunky, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous), erkekçe (manfully, manlike, mannish, virile). (various references) | |
Turkmen | mert (brave, courageous). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | мужоподібний (manlike), мужній (courageous, high-hearted, manful, masculine, soldierly, sportsmanlike). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mạnh mẽ (boot, energetic, furious, fury, impetuous, lusty, mightily, pithily, pretty, rousing, sinewy, sturdy, vibrant, violent, vivid), can đảm (brave, courageous, high-hearted, nerve, prow, stout-hearted, valiant), có tính chất đàn ông; có đức tính đàn ông; hùng dũng. (various references) | |
Welsh | dynol (human, man-like). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mare, marem, mares, mari, maria, maribus, maris, masculi, masculo, masculorum, masculos, masculum, masculus, maseas, masman, masmana, virilem, virili, virilia, virilis. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | naire-manå, nairyãm. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 32, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Iscusate kai andrizesqe mh ptohqhte apo proswpou basilewV assour kai apo proswpou pantoV tou eqnouV tou met' autou oti meq' hmwn pleioneV h met' autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Viriliter agite et confortamini nolite timere nec paveatis regem Assyriorum et universam multitudinem quae est cum eo multo enim plures nobiscum sunt quam cum illo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Seyinge, Doth manly, and takith coumfort; willith not taken ferd, ne dreeden the kyng of Assiries, and al the multitude that is with hym; forsothe many mo ben with us thanne with hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there are more with us than with him: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Be strong and take heart; have no fear, and do not be troubled on account of the king of Assyria and all the great army with him: for there is a greater with us. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 32, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Pagmalig-on ug pagmaisugon, ayaw kahadlok ni maluya tungod sa hari sa Asiria, ni tungod sa tanan nga gidaghanon nga uban kaniya: kay adunay usa nga labi pang daku nga nagauban kanato kay sa nanguban kaniya: |
| Chinese | 你 們 當 剛 強 壯 膽 、 不 要 因 亞 述 王 和 跟 隨 他 的 大 軍 恐 懼 、 驚 慌 、 因 為 與 我 們 同 在 的 、 比 與 他 們 同 在 的 更 大 ． |
| Croatian | "Budite hrabri i junaci; ne bojte se i ne plašite se asirskoga kralja, ni svega mnoštva što je s njim, jer je s nama moæniji nego s njim: |
| Danish | "Vær frimodige og slærke; frygt ikke og forfærdes ikke for Assyrerkongen og hele den Menneskemængde, han har med sig; thi en større er med os end med ham! |
| Dutch | Zijt sterk, en hebt een goeden moed, vreest niet, en ontzet u niet, voor het aangezicht des konings van Assyrie, noch voor het aangezicht der ganse menigte, die met hem is; want met ons is er meer, dan met hem. |
| Finnish | "Olkaa lujat ja rohkeat, älkää peljätkö älkääkä arkailko Assurin kuningasta ja kaikkea joukkoa, joka on hänen kanssansa; sillä se, joka on meidän kanssamme, on suurempi kuin se, joka on hänen kanssansa. |
| French | Fortifiez-vous et ayez du courage! Ne craignez point et ne soyez point effrayés devant le roi d`Assyrie et devant toute la multitude qui est avec lui; car avec nous il y a plus qu`avec lui. |
| German | Seid getrost und frisch, fürchtet euch nicht und zagt nicht vor dem König von Assyrien noch vor all dem Haufen, der bei ihm ist; denn es ist ein Größerer mit uns als mit ihm: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Tabahlah dan yakinlah; janganlah takut kepada raja Asyur atau kepada pasukannya. Kekuatan di pihak kita lebih besar daripada yang di pihak dia. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pertetapkanlah hatimu, hendaklah kamu gagah berani, janganlah kamu takut atau gentar di hadapan raja Asyur dan di hadapan orang banyak sekalian yang sertanya, karena yang serta dengan kita itu terlebih dari pada yang serta dengan dia. |
| Maori | Kia kaha, kia maia, kaua e wehi, kaua e pawera ki te kingi o Ahiria, ki tana ope katoa: hira ake hoki to tatou i tona. |
| Norwegian | Vær frimodige og sterke, frykt ikke og reddes ikke for kongen i Assyria og hele den hær han har med sig! For med oss er der en større enn der er med ham; |
| Portuguese | Sede corajosos, e tende bom ânimo; não temais, nem vos espanteis, por causa do rei da Assíria, nem por causa de toda a multidão que está com ele, pois há conosco um maior do que o que está com ele. |
| Rumanian | ,,Kntqriyi-vq wi kmbqrbqtayi-vq. Nu vq temeyi wi nu vq spqimkntayi knaintea kmpqratul Asiriei wi knaintea kntregei mulyimi care este cu el; cqci cu noi sknt mai mulyi deckt cu el. |
| Russian | ВХДШФЕ ФЧЕТДЩ Й НХЦЕУФЧЕООЩ, ОЕ ВПКФЕУШ Й ОЕ УФТБЫЙФЕУШ ГБТС бУУЙТЙКУЛПЗП Й ЧУЕЗП НОПЦЕУФЧБ, ЛПФПТПЕ У ОЙН, РПФПНХ ЮФП У ОБНЙ ВПМЕЕ, ОЕЦЕМЙ У ОЙН; |
| Spanish | "Esforzaos y sed valientes; no temáis ni desmayéis ante el rey de Asiria, ni ante toda la multitud que viene con él; porque más poderoso es el que está con nosotros que el que está con él. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "manly": craftsmanly, gentlemanly, humanly, inhumanly, seamanly, sportsmanly, statesmanly, superhumanly, ungentlemanly, unmanly, unwomanly, womanly, workmanly, yeomanly. (additional references) | |
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"Manly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anly, Lanly, Mably, Macnalty, maely, mahlim, Malby, Malcy, maley, mally, Maly, Malyn, Manali, mancy, Mandl, manely, Maney, Mangly, manky, Manlio, Manlis, manny, Manoli, Mantley, manuy, manyr, mauly, maunby, Mawley, Menley, Minley, Minllyn, mnla, namly, nonly, zanly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "manly" (pronounced ma"nlē) |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, cleanly, commonly, keenly, divinely, evenly, finely, gentlemanly, genuinely, greenly, heavenly, humanely, humanly, lonely, mainly, matronly, mistakenly, obscenely, only, openly, plainly, slovenly, sternly, stubbornly, suddenly, thinly, uncertainly, uncommonly, unevenly, ungainly, vainly, wantonly. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-n-y" | |
-1 letter: amyl, many, myna. | |
-2 letters: any, lam, lay, man, may, nam, nay, yam. | |
-3 letters: al, am, an, ay, la, ma, my, na, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-n-y" | |
+1 letter: flyman, hymnal, layman, laymen, mainly, meanly, namely. | |
+2 letters: alimony, allonym, almonry, amylene, anomaly, calumny, humanly, hymenal, hymnals, mangily, manlily, nymphal, unmanly, womanly. | |
+3 letters: allonyms, amenably, amylenes, amylogen, animally, cinnamyl, cyclamen, damnably, humanely, hymeneal, hymenial, lambency, laminary, laywoman, laywomen, luminary, maidenly, malignly, manfully, mannerly, manually, manyfold, matronly, medianly, menially, mentally, mesnalty, mycelian, normalcy, normally, palimony, randomly, seamanly, tallyman, tallymen, tympanal, yeomanly. | |
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