- Manly - Of the male sex; not female. - Having the qualities of a man; suitable to, or
characteristic of, a man; virile; not feminine or effeminate; strong;
robust. - Belonging to males; appropriated to, or used by, males. - Having the inflections of, or construed with, words
pertaining especially to male beings, as distinguished from feminine
and neuter. See Gender.
- Manly - Having the nature, properties, or qualities, of an adult
man; characteristic of developed manhood; hence, masterful; forceful;
specifically, capable of begetting; -- opposed to womanly, feminine,
and puerile; as, virile age, virile power, virile organs.