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Manliest vs Manlier - What's the difference?

manliest | manlier |

As adjectives the difference between manliest and manlier

is that manliest is superlative of manly while manlier is comparative of manly.

manliest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (manly)
  • * 2008 , Nate Green, Built for Show , page 4
    • Published scientific research shows that women are more attracted to the manliest men when they are ovulating

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    manlier

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (manly)

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    manly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having the characteristics of a man.
  • Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let's briefly put on manly readiness.
  • * Dryden
    • Serene and manly , hardened to sustain / The load of life.
  • * 2001 , Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy (page 86)
    • Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.

    Derived terms

    * manliness

    Antonyms

    * womanly