manlike
Americanadjective
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resembling a human being; anthropoid.
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belonging or proper to a man; manly.
manlike fortitude.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- manlikely adverb
- manlikeness noun
Etymology
Origin of manlike
Example Sentences
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Soon thereafter, the teenage Helen, who lives on a farm nearby, glimpses something manlike in the weeds, repeatedly lurching forward and falling over, then rising up again.
From Washington Post
Back at the Walmart museum, visitors were trying to work through their thoughts on the manlike figure in front of them.
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The shadows rise, morphing into a manlike shape.
From Literature
Nonetheless, Dahl then told Arnold that the saucers were piloted by manlike beings made visible by A-bomb radiation.
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It seemed her curt, manlike attitude was one of the keys to her undoing.
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