ADJECTIVE
- resembling human beings
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characteristic of a man
manly sports
a deep male voice - possessing qualities befitting a man
How To Use manlike In A Sentence
- We kept Mnemosyne for over two months, and never once did she misconduct herself or behave in an unseamanlike manner. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 26, 1917
- He's an effective enough politician but somehow he lacks the statesmanlike gravitas of a world leader.
- A mantid is the most humanlike of insects; it has its eyes arranged so that it can see forward, allowing it depth perception. The Killing Kind
- These are the same people whose extremely unsportsmanlike behavior can be seen in the following newsclip: George Heymont: More Funding For School Arts Programs, Less For Sports
- It was a workmanlike performance. Times, Sunday Times
- a man of statesmanlike judgment
- The band's workmanlike performance frequently looked like bored autopilot, while each number sounded more generic than the last. Times, Sunday Times
- Half a dozen creatures'manlike except for the snakiest necks either had ever seen-came thundering along the corridor, waving spears and shouting. Fortress Of Frost And Fire
- His sophomore year, he was unable to pitch due to unsportsmanlike conduct directed towards one of the umpires that had gotten him ejected for the rest of the state tournament.
- And he then made a series of more or less statesmanlike appointments to senior positions.