Adjective : manly sports. From Dictionary.com.
Now that's what I call manly, and you don't need sunglasses for that. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
It ain't what I call manly, -- not that longing after other folks 'money. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime Minister] Reference
He likes manly desserts, what I call manly dessert, meaning, you know, dessert-dessert. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 25, 2004] Reference
It is for the lack of a better term manly anti-authoritarianism. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-25] Reference
Lesbians just feature too prominently in manly male pornography. From Wordnik.com. [bigotry in ontario] Reference
The fathers stand about in manly attitudes, concealing all signs of couvade. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
If I could describe its character by any one word, I should call it manly preaching. From Wordnik.com. [Oldtown Folks] Reference
She moved; and the clay-hued features of all that was ever perfect in manly beauty met his sight. From Wordnik.com. [The Scottish Chiefs] Reference
We're not defending our "manly" - bona fides through supporting Prop 8. From Wordnik.com. [Black Blindness on Proposition 8] Reference
It ain’t what I call manly, — not that longing after other folk’s money. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime Minister] Reference
But I can try to be gentle and manly, which is better. From Wordnik.com. [Lying Prophets] Reference
What Vladimir Putin is doing to jump-start his so-called manly image. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2009] Reference
Who ever heard any of her advocates speak a manly and statesmanlike language?. From Wordnik.com. [Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4] Reference
Sometimes they succeed, of course; but sometimes -- dear me, no! Suicides look manly, that is all. From Wordnik.com. [Old Calabria] Reference
Meantime my father took me more to himself; and, mixed with men, I acquired some manly, or what were called manly, ideas. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 09] Reference
In all the nasty confusion you never hear a word that can be called manly, unless you are prepared to allow the manliness of pugilism. From Wordnik.com. [The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour] Reference
She vividly recalled his manly, resolute face, his noble self-possession, and the good nature conspicuous in everything towards everyone. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
She vividly recalled his manly, resolute face, his noble self-possession, and the good-nature conspicuous in everything towards every one. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XV. Part I] Reference
How manly is that?. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Croc of...] Reference
In her day it was not considered "manly" to do so. From Wordnik.com. [Maureen Dowd Devotes Whole Column To Edwards' Hair] Reference
Tucker seems to have lost his "manly" instinct to hunt. From Wordnik.com. [More Rain in Spain] Reference
I think he was kind of nervous but is to "manly" to admit it. From Wordnik.com. [katress Diary Entry] Reference
Discouraged by the dearth of "manly" work, they've simply given up. From Wordnik.com. [Men’s Lib] Reference
We're not defending our "manly" bona fides through supporting Prop 8. From Wordnik.com. [Leonce Gaiter: Black Blindness on Proposition 8] Reference
Was I treading in very "manly" territory surely I had no business in?. From Wordnik.com. [Courtney Cachet: What the F*ck Is a Man Cave? Part Deux] Reference
This man was a big two hundred pound man and he got kind of manly upset. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Orlin P. Shuping, June 15, 1975. Interview H-0290. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
ALLEN: It looks kind of manly, if I can must say, from an aesthetic point. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Millennium 2000: Gadgets - January 1, 2000] Reference
This article picks up on the same theme of Edwards somehow not being 'manly'. From Wordnik.com. [New Winger Attack: John Edwards Could Be Our "First Woman President"] Reference
Here is an example of, if you wish to be a 'manly' man, how your brows should look. From Wordnik.com. [dailycomic Diary Entry] Reference
KING: And you wanted to be -- not manly, I don't want to say "manly," but tough, rough looking?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2001] Reference
Hillary Clinton will always be counted on to go that extra step to prove how "manly" she can be. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton: Can You Say "Machine Politics"?] Reference
The Mandarin Barber is the swankiest "manly" place on the island to get a proper haircut and shave. From Wordnik.com. [A Perfect Day] Reference
But what takes the cake is when the size and function of my more "manly" parts comes into question. From Wordnik.com. [amishboy Diary Entry] Reference
Mr. Unger describes the home as "manly" and admits, "The wall paper and the feeling of it is a little dated.". From Wordnik.com. [Manhattan Rarity: A Private Indoor Swim] Reference
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