Virile vs Virilely - What's the difference?
virile | virilely |
Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
(grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine animate nouns.
In a way or to an extent that is virile
* {{quote-news, 1988, January 22, Albert Williams, The Glass Menagerie, Chicago Reader
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As an adjective virile
is being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.As an adverb virilely is
in a way or to an extent that is virile.virile
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* nonvirileDerived terms
* virility ----virilely
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