masculine
adjective
pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men.
masculinely
-
a word derived from
masculine.
Example Sentences
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I answered confidently and masculinely: “Hmm, yeah, interesting.”
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
CCW has been with American Giant since the startup’s very beginning, and that long relationship is evident in the masculinely affectionate relationship between Winthrop and the Ashbys.
From The Verge ● Feb. 20, 2018
The essay would then breezily catalog some of sangria’s contemporary cousins: the West Indian cocktail known as sangaree, say, or “mangria,” which masculinely blends red wine with grape vodka.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2013
How unpardonably blunt and masculinely obtuse he had been in dealing with this beautiful and tender thing, which God had once, for a short time, intrusted to his keeping!
From Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
For all her modernity there was something about her that was peculiarly medieval, masculinely girlish rather than effeminately boyish.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
