having the qualities or physical features that are admired or expected in a man the manly virtues of courage and strength He looked so manly in his uniform. She had very manly shoulders.
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noun [uncountable] He felt she had insulted his manliness.See manly in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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