manlier; manliest
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Adjective
He wasn't manly enough to fight.
He has a deep, manly voice.
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Christopher J. Scalia, National Review, 24 July 2025
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Football tells a story of manly grit, with echoes of the battlefield.
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Adjective
With Tim Walz’s camouflage cap and football-coach speeches failing to capture manly hearts and minds, Kamala Harris won just 42 percent of the male vote in 2024, compared with Joe Biden’s 48 percent in 2020.
—Christopher J. Scalia, National Review, 24 July 2025
Blake Burgess exudes the manly demeanor and seriousness of Cash.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Football tells a story of manly grit, with echoes of the battlefield.
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Making money has long been manly in the Trumpian universe, but now so is losing it.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 May 2025
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“Manly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manly. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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