# manly
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manlīċ (suggested by adverb manlīċe (“in a way befitting a person; nobly, stately”)), from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz, equivalent to man +‎ -ly.
Cognate with Old High German manlīh (“manly”) (whence German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmænli/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)
* Having the characteristics of a man.
** c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vi:what God or Feend, or ſpirit of the earth, Or Monſter turned to a manly ſhape, Or of what mould or mettel he be made, What ſtar or ſtate ſoeuer gouern him, Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, […]
* Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; manful; courageous, resolute, noble.
** c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:Let's briefly put on manly readiness.
** 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifteenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain / The load of life.
** 2001, Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy, page 86:Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.

#### Antonyms

* womanly

#### Derived terms

* manlily
* manliness

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Lyman, Lynam, Malyn

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English *manlīċ, from Proto-West Germanic *mannlīk, from Proto-Germanic *mannlīkaz; equivalent to man +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* maneli, manli, manlich, manliche, monly
* monlich (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanliː/, /ˈmɔnliː/, /-lit͡ʃ/

#### Adjective

manly
* Human; pertaining to humankind.
* Male, masculine; pertaining to men.
* Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.

##### Descendants

* English: manly
* Scots: manly

##### References

* “manlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Old English manlīċe; equivalent to mon +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* manleche, manli, manlich, manliche, manlie, manlik, manlike, manneleche, mannely, monlik, monly
* (Early Middle English) monliche

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmanliː/, /ˈmɔndliː/, /-liːtʃ(ə)/

#### Adverb

manly
* In a human or civilised way.
* In a way befitting a man; courageously, resolutely, nobly.
* (rare) In a male or masculine way.

##### References

* “manlī, adv.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.