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Manly vs Mannish - What's the difference?

manly | mannish |

Mannish is a synonym of manly.



As adjectives the difference between manly and mannish

is that manly is having the characteristics of a man while mannish is of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man.

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

    mannish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or suitable for a man
    • (Chaucer)
  • * Shakespeare
    • A woman impudent and mannish grown.
  • (obsolete) Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
    • (Chaucer)
  • * Gower
    • But yet it was a figure / Most like to mannish creature.
  • (obsolete, of a woman) Fond of men.
    • (Chaucer)

    Derived terms

    * mannishly * mannishness