mannish
adjective
being typical or suggestive of a man rather than a woman.
mannishly
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a word derived from
mannish.
Example Sentences
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Yet even dressed almost mannishly, I would be noticed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2022
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
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
As his nurse set him upon his feet, and his sturdy little figure came towards her, strutting mannishly, serious but unafraid, something stirred in her chilly breast—something not exactly warm but pungent.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
