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Yet even dressed almost mannishly, I would be noticed.

From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022

She sends away her mother and the lover, breaks with her own fiance, stalks mannishly about as a credible example of the straight-necked, clear-eyed younger generation knifing through life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once a noted beauty, the Baroness Molnar grew eccentric after her husband's death in 1900, cut her hair short, adopted peasant garb and, during the War, equipped and mannishly managed a large field hospital.

From Time Magazine Archive

Traubel's personal wardrobe consists of mannishly tailored suits and simple dresses which make no attempt to hide her broad shoulders.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think it's rather hard, mother, that you should be always talking as if I wished to take my calling mannishly.

From Dr. Breen's Practice by Howells, William Dean