manlily

English

Etymology

manly +‎ -ly

Adverb

manlily (comparative more manlily, superlative most manlily)

1. In a manly way.
   • 1852, Richard Kelsey, Alfred of Wessex, volume 2, page 249:

     The gallant King, / His high, his majestic beauty not destroyed / But bearing itself more manlily, the Goddess / In pitying admiration sees, […]

   • 2002, Richard Dyer, The Culture of Queers, page 67:

     […] leather has long been associated with 'hard' masculinity […] while jockey briefs are seen to be manlily functional, right down to the rather dysfunctional front opening.

   • 2012, Andy Dale, First Years - Piranhas in the Bedroom, page 311:

     My first idea was to get a coach to Alton Towers and treat Helen to a day out there where I would manlily pretend that the rides did not affect me, before throwing up afterwards.