manly
adjective
having qualities traditionally ascribed to men, as strength or bravery.
manlier
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comparativeof manly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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This virile display is apparently part of a sub-trend in gender reveal nation: making the parties manlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2018
Sitters would often use the opportunity as a sort of wish fulfilment, posing as someone wealthier, manlier, more interesting.
From Economist ● Aug. 17, 2017
After all, they don't come much manlier than Manchester United Methuselah Ryan Giggs and he's hawking a yoga DVD.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2011
He would probably consider being alive manlier and less humiliating than being dead, right?
From Slate
The first of these, and the manlier one, was a steady adherence, during the existence of the present Parliament, to the established commercial regulations.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
