MANLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manliness mean? 

• MANLINESS (noun)
  The noun MANLINESS has 1 sense:

1. the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male

  Familiarity information: MANLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

manfulness; manliness; virility

Hypernyms ("manliness" is a kind of...):

masculinity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men)

Derivation:

manly (possessing qualities befitting a man)

manly (characteristic of a man)

 Context examples 

One was struck at once by his straightforwardness and manliness, which, in turn, were tempered by a modesty which might be mistaken for timidity.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

His manner was languid, his voice drawling, and while he eclipsed my uncle in the extravagance of his speech, he had not the air of manliness and decision which underlay all my kinsman’s affectations.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was mild protest in his pale blue eyes, and withal a timid frankness and manliness that quite won me to him.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)