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# manly

«manly» in Mova's school dictionary: **brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (manlier, manliest)

### meaning for a pupil

Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero who shows courage, or a character who acts in a way that is or is not manly

### examples

- It is not manly to take revenge like that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manly/#x1)
- Jonas said going alone was more manly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manly/#x2)
- He had a deep, manly voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «manly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/manly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.