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Edgy vs Manly - What's the difference?

edgy | manly |

As adjectives the difference between edgy and manly

is that edgy is nervous, apprehensive while manly is having the characteristics of a man.

edgy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • nervous, apprehensive
  • (entertainment/advertising jargon): creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge
  • (entertainment/advertising jargon) : on the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; dodgy
  • (dated) irritable
    • an edgy temper
  • (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
  • * Hazlitt
    • An edgy style of sculpture.
  • (of a knife or blade) sharp.

    • Related terms

    * on edge

    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