It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.
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Manly
//ˈmænli//
Synonyms for "manly" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (61)
Adverb(1 words)
mannishmasculinemoralmulenoblepluckyprincipledpurered-bloodedreputableresoluterespectablerightright mindedright-mindedrighteoussoldierlikesoldierlyspotlessstable
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stainlessstalwartsteadfaststerlingstoutstoutheartedtoughtrue-dealingtrue-devotedtrue-disposingtrue-souledtrue-spiritedtrueheartedunafraidunblemisheduncorruptuncorruptedundauntedundefileduneffeminateunflinchingunimpeachableunshrinkingunspottedunstainedunsullieduntarnishedunwaveringuprightuprighteousupstandingvaliantvalorousventuresomevirilevirtuousworthyyeomanly
Related word relations
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
8 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 47 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνδρώδης adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Arabic
1 entries- رُجُولِيّ adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Armenian
1 entries- առնական adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Bengali
2 entries- মরদ adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- মরদ adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мъжествен adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- мъжки adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Cantonese
1 entries- 男氣 /男气 adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Catalan
3 entries- masculí adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- viril adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- viril adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- پیاوانە adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 男子氣 /男子气 adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Czech
3 entries- mužný adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- mužný adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- mužský adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Danish
2 entries- mandig adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- mandlig adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Dutch
1 entries- mannelijk adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Finnish
2 entries- miehekäs adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- miehekäs adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
French
1 entries- viril adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Georgian
3 entries- ვაჟკაცური adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- კაცური adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- მამაკაცური adj (having the characteristics of a man)
German
1 entries- männlich adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Greek
3 entries- ανδροπρεπής adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- αντρίκειος adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- αρρενωπός adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Hebrew
1 entries- גַּבְרִי adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Hungarian
1 entries- férfias adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Indonesian
1 entries- jantan adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Irish
2 entries- fearúil adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- fearúil adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Japanese
1 entries- 男らしい adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Latin
2 entries- masculus adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- virilis adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Lithuanian
1 entries- výriškas adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Middle English
2 entries- manly adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- manly adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Māori
2 entries- taitoa adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- whakatāne adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- mandig adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- mannlig adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- mannleg adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Occitan
1 entries- masculin adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Old English
1 entries- werlīċ adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- مردانه adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- مردانه adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Pashto
2 entries- نارينه adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- نر adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Persian
1 entries- مردانه adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Polish
2 entries- męski adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- mężny adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Portuguese
2 entries- varonil adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- viril adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Romanian
4 entries- bărbătesc adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- bărbătos adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- bărbătos adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
- masculin adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Russian
3 entries- му́жественный adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- мужеподо́бный adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- мужско́й adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Samogitian
1 entries- vīrėšks adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वृषन् adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- duineil adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- fearail adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- tapaidh adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- muški adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Slovak
1 entries- mužný adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Spanish
2 entries- varonil adj (having the characteristics of a man)
- viril adj (having the qualities of a man such as courage)
Swedish
1 entries- manlig adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Thai
1 entries- เป็นลูกผู้ชาย adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Turkish
1 entries- erkeksi adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Yiddish
1 entries- מענלעך adj (having the characteristics of a man)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
He is a silent, manly boy.
Source: tatoeba (303975)
Women are systematically degraded by receiving the trivial attentions which men think it manly to pay to the sex, when, in fact, men are insultingly supporting their own superiority.
Source: tatoeba (413864)
You are a manly man!
Source: tatoeba (1189436)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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