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man·ly / ˈmanlē/ • adj. (-li·er , -li·est ) having or denoting those good qualities traditionally associated with men, such as courage and strength: looking manly and capable in his tennis whites. ∎ (of an activity) befitting a man, esp. in a traditional sense: the manly art of knife-throwing. DERIVATIVES: man·li·ness / -lēnis/ n.

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Manly

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Manly,
1. a character in Wycherley's The Plain-Dealer;

2. a character in Vanbrugh and Cibber's The Provok'd Husband.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

manly •Ali, alley, Allie, Ally, bally, dally, dilly-dally, farfalle, galley, Halley, mallee, Mexicali, pally, Raleigh, rally, reveille, sally, tally, valley •Chablis • brambly •badly, Bradley, Hadlee, madly, sadly •scraggly •dangly, gangly •crackly • Shankly • Bramley •Manley, manly, Osmanli, Stanley •slatternly •Langley, tangly •amply • Ashley •Attlee, fatly, patly •aptly • shilly-shally •Bali, barley, Cali, Carly, Charlie, Dali, Diwali, finale, gnarly, Gurkhali, Kali, Kigali, Mali, Marley, marly, Pali, parley, snarly, Somali, Svengali, tamale •Barclay, Berkeley, clerkly, sparkly •Darnley • ghastly • Hartley • Barnsley •blackguardly

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