How do you use Manly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like manful or masculine, plus the exact meaning.
Manly meaning
- Having the characteristics of a man.
- Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; masculine, manful, courageous, resolute, noble.
Synonyms of Manly
Using Manly
- The main meaning on this page is: Having the characteristics of a man. | Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; masculine, manful, courageous, resolute, noble.
- Useful related words include: manful, manlike, masculine, manfully.
- In the example corpus, manly often appears in combinations such as: at manly, the manly, manly and.
Context around Manly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Manly
- In this selection, "manly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leading, looking, year, sea, beaches and open stand out and add context to how "manly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 18 against manly at manly and 2018 at manly specialty care. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "manly" sits close to words such as abusers, aegean and agatha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with manly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was a similar situation in their next game against Manly at Campbelltown last Sunday. (15 words)
Manly Sea Eagles host the Sydney Roosters in Round 18 of the 2023 NRL Premiership. (15 words)
At 197cm and 120kg, powerhouse Taniela Paseka (c) is leading Manly's go-forward this season. (16 words)
It was a good example of what I wrote last week about how teams who drop off at this time of year – Manly competed for most of the match but couldn’t quite go the distance and the Eels are now goners after getting beaten by the Roosters. (48 words)
I feel that athletes are put into … two categories … either they are labelled that they don’t try hard enough, as they don’t look strong or fit and muscly, or they are shamed for looking manly and it’s ‘too much’. (42 words)
Bob Fulton's other son Brett remains at Manly as coach of the club's SG Ball side, while Scott's son Zac is also on-contract as part of Manly's top-30 squad. (35 words)
But what message does this send tennis fans about the manly manliness of the male players? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bob Fulton's other son Brett remains at Manly as coach of the club's SG Ball side, while Scott's son Zac is also on-contract as part of Manly's top-30 squad.
Lifeguards closed Shelly and Manly beaches for the rest of the day following the attack, which also resulted in the cancellation of the Manly Open Surf Classic surf life-saving event.
He captioned the snap with a cheeky, “Bring back manly men”—a reference to Owens’ and others’ beliefs that there is only one type of “manly” man.
He says their first game will be on July 18 against Manly at Manly Oval, with their first home game at Lidcombe Oval listed for August 15 against Eastwood.
I've been captain at Manly now for three years and that goal is to be a premiership-winning captain at Manly.
Manly's Martin Taupau hits Parramatta's Raymond Stone high and is sent to the sin bin during the Parramatta v Manly NRL match at Bank West Stadium, Parramatta.
Eleanor E. Miller, age 97 of Lake Mills, died on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Manly Specialty Care in Manly, Iowa.
At 197cm and 120kg, powerhouse Taniela Paseka (c) is leading Manly's go-forward this season.
Both Manly and Shelly beaches remain closed for the rest of the day, and the carnival has been suspended.
But they have revived their season with a triumph over Canberra, a high-scoring draw with Manly and a revenge mission against the Warriors to show they won’t be easybeats.
But what message does this send tennis fans about the manly manliness of the male players?
Frank Winterstein has also committed to play again in 2023, bringing with him the wealth of experience earnt playing in the NRL for the Canterbury Bulldogs, the Manly Sea Eagles and the Penrith Panthers.
I feel that athletes are put into … two categories … either they are labelled that they don’t try hard enough, as they don’t look strong or fit and muscly, or they are shamed for looking manly and it’s ‘too much’.
In February, Wells was dropped by his management after causing controversy again when he criticised a drag queen storytime event by Charisma Belle at Manly Library.
It was a good example of what I wrote last week about how teams who drop off at this time of year – Manly competed for most of the match but couldn’t quite go the distance and the Eels are now goners after getting beaten by the Roosters.
It was a similar situation in their next game against Manly at Campbelltown last Sunday.
Koula's comments come as he prepares to play his fourth game back from a knee injury against Newcastle for an Origin-affected Manly side on Saturday.
Manly Sea Eagles host the Sydney Roosters in Round 18 of the 2023 NRL Premiership.
Manly survived a few anxious moments before delivering Daly Cherry-Evans a victory in his 300th game.
Noa Sage is believed to have fallen about seven metres onto rocks at Blue Fish Point at Manly’s North Head about 5.30pm on Wednesday before ending up in the water.
Common combinations with manly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- at manly 13×
- the manly 12×
- manly and 10×
- of manly 8×
- manly in 8×
- and manly 7×
- against manly 5×
- manly sea 5×
- to manly 5×
- manly at 3×