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manlike

American  
[man-lahyk] / ˈmænˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling a human being; anthropoid.

  2. belonging or proper to a man; manly.

    manlike fortitude.


manlike British  
/ ˈmænˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling or befitting a man

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Other Word Forms

  • manlikely adverb
  • manlikeness noun

Etymology

Origin of manlike

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; man, -like

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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“I was reading on the Internet, and there are lots of people like you. Did you know you can take hormones so that your body, you know, doesn’t go all manlike?”

From Literature

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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