Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.

    Männlichkeit, Mannhaftigkeit

    му́жественностьmúžestvennostʹ

  2. (euphemistic, rare, uncountable, usually)Male genitals.

  3. (rare, uncountable, usually)Humanity, the quality of being human.

More definitions
  • the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male

Examples

5 sentences
  1. She told me that I lacked manliness.

    ruОна сказала мне, что мне не хватает мужественности.

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  2. My manliness came into question when I started to like the colour pink.

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  3. Manliness is loveliest when applied with confidence.

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  4. My boyfriend just oozes manliness.

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  5. What's "manliness"? That word's not in our dictionaries.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men:

Origin

From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness.

From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness.

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Forms

plural: manlinesses
Singularmanliness

uncountable

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedmanly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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