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manlike

adjective as in like a man

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adjective as in resembling a human being

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The idea conveyed by the word in classic mythology is that of beings more or less manlike, but monstrous in size and strength.

They had got right away from modern civilization into the wilds, and, manlike, he felt perfectly happy.

The men are manlike, but the women are not beautiful, though the female Bull be well enough adapted to the male.

And this they take for manlike gallantry, and a scorning to be base.

She shrunk from the encounter of a boisterous and manlike spirit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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