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Manly vs Dignified - What's the difference?

manly | dignified | Synonyms |

Manly is a synonym of dignified.


As adjectives the difference between manly and dignified

is that manly is having the characteristics of a man while dignified is respectable.

As a verb dignified is

(dignify).

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

    dignified

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • respectable

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (dignify)