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orm or nature; having the qualities of a man, esp. the nobler qualities; manly. " Gentle, manlike speech." Testament of Love. " A right manlike man." Sir P. Sidney. In glaring Chloe's manlike taste and mien. Shenstone.

Like or suited to an alderman.

Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.

Having or showing the skill of a practical seaman.

Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.

Like a woman; womanly. Womanlike, taking revenge too deep. Tennyson.

Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.

Resembling, or suitable to, a yeoman; yeomanly.

Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made. [R.] Bailey.

The manlike, or anthropoid, apes.

s in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.

Womanlike; womanly; tender; -- in a good sense. Gentle, kind, effeminate remorse. Shak.

nations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf. Agglutinative.

f any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. A most lovely gentlemanlike man. Shak.

Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel. [Obs] Are women grown so mankind Must they be wooing Beau. & Fl. Be not too mankind against your wife. Chapman.

Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man, manlike, masculine. Chaucer. A woman impudent and mannish grown. Shak.

In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.

artistic execution; technique. They illustrate the method of nature, not the technic of a manlike Artificer. Tyndall.

eaties." Macaulay. A voice not soft, weak, piping, and womanish, but audible, strong, and manlike. Ascham. -- Wom"an*ish*ly, adv. -- Wom"an*ish*ness, n.