man-sized
Americanadjective
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large; big; generous.
a man-sized sandwich.
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formidable.
a man-sized undertaking.
adjective
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of a size appropriate for or convenient for a man
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informal big; large
Etymology
Origin of man-sized
First recorded in 1910–15
Example Sentences
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If anything, A.I.—a force already changing work, education, research, romance, and even the human brain—seems virtually guaranteed to magnify today’s boy problems into a full-blown man-sized catastrophe.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
He had man-sized shoulders and a thousand freckles.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022
An ancient man-sized bronze of the Greek god Apollo was discovered by a fisherman in 2013, but later disappeared mysteriously.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2022
But even those trees seemed modern when we visited the Almendres Cromlech, a megalithic enclosure of 95 man-sized stones, just outside of Evora.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2018
To cut through the terminal in man-sized strides as soon as we got up and stood on line.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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