manlike

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   resembling a human being or an adult man in form or appearance

   The creature left a strangely manlike footprint beside the river.

2. 2
   adj

   having qualities traditionally associated with an adult man; now often literary or dated

   The old chronicle praised the prince's manlike courage in battle.

3. 3
   adv

   in a manner regarded as characteristic of men; literary and often ironic

   Manlike, the brothers assumed that everyone else should leave the planning to them.

A transparent English formation from man + -like. It has long covered two ideas: resemblance to a human or male form, and possession of traits a culture conventionally assigns to adult men. The second use can sound dated because those judgments are historically gendered.

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