Synonyms for manlike


Grammar : Adj
Spell : man-lahyk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmænˌlaɪk


Définition of manlike

  • adj like a man
Example sentences :
  • Manlike, having raised the issue, K. would have given much to evade it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Manlike he planned as if he knew all the elements of the question.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick
  • Manlike, he was willing to face his God with the sin, but not her.
  • Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson
  • I felt that this manlike image was endowed with forces inimical to man.
  • Extract from : « The Coming Race » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
  • He expressed his growing apprehension, manlike, by getting angry.
  • Extract from : « A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen » by Hamlin Garland
  • The clerk, manlike, was affected by the evidence of beauty in distress.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
  • He was a little surprised, but, manlike, he was flattered at his wife's show of affection.
  • Extract from : « To Leeward » by F. Marion Crawford
  • From the fame and memory of him that begot me, shamefacedness, and manlike behaviour.
  • Extract from : « No Cross, No Crown » by William Penn
  • And this they take for manlike gallantry, and a scorning to be base.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • From long association with men she had learnt a manlike reticence.
  • Extract from : « The Grey Lady » by Henry Seton Merriman

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