man-sized

American  

[man-sahyzd] / ˈmænˌsaɪzd /

Or man-size

adjective

Informal.

1. large; big; generous.

   a man-sized sandwich.

2. formidable.

   a man-sized undertaking.

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man-sized British  

adjective

1. of a size appropriate for or convenient for a man

2. informal big; large

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Etymology

Origin of man-sized

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

He barely allows the petrified Boo to twitch, yet somehow, we catch a glimpse of the qualities Duvall the actor will go on to reveal: dangerous and vulnerable, mythic and man-sized, electrifyingly watchable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

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

And that is how you get a man-sized unicorn prancing to Kate Bush’s Babooshka on primetime TV.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2020

All of our debates over occupational licensing and teachers unions will seem pretty quaint when Piotr from Gdansk can use holoportation to remodel our house by remotely controlling a man-sized Constructionbot.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2016

Ahead of me, I see Zoe putting her gun into a gray container and then walking into a scanner—it is a man-sized box with a tunnel through the middle, just wide enough for a body.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth