manlike

[ man-lahyk ]

adjective

1. resembling a human being; anthropoid.
2. belonging or proper to a man; manly:

   manlike fortitude.

manlike

/ ˈmænˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. resembling or befitting a man

Other Words From

• manlikely adverb
• manlikeness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of manlike¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; man, -like

Example Sentences

Soon thereafter, the teenage Helen, who lives on a farm nearby, glimpses something manlike in the weeds, repeatedly lurching forward and falling over, then rising up again.

From Washington Post

Back at the Walmart museum, visitors were trying to work through their thoughts on the manlike figure in front of them.

From Washington Post

“I was reading on the Internet, and there are lots of people like you. Did you know you can take hormones so that your body, you know, doesn’t go all manlike?”

From Literature

The shadows rise, morphing into a manlike shape.

From Literature

Nonetheless, Dahl then told Arnold that the saucers were piloted by manlike beings made visible by A-bomb radiation.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• male
• manly
• masculine