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as in male
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men
hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt
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as in masculine
having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman
all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch
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The male Guam kingfisher hatched on April 19, while the female hatched on May 12.
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After recently joining the brand ambassadorship craze by naming Spanish music sensation Bad Gyal as their brand’s first ambassador, the Dsquared2 founders are adding a male counterpart to this new strategy by tapping another local talent.
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Willis was the lead singer, and when all the performers took on stereotypically masculine personas, he became known for playing the cop.
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Upon opening the package, the fragrances don't announce themselves with the hyper-masculine aggression of a locker-room body spray.
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Women fighting for the right to vote were seen by their detractors as unfeminine, and vinegar valentines were a cheap and convenient medium to enforce gender roles.
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The intention behind this final postcard may have been, yet again, to paint the fight for suffrage as absurd, to make suffragists seem like willful, unfeminine animals.
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“Manlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manlike. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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