masculinelyadv.
/ˈmaskjᵿlᵻnli/, U.S. /ˈmæskjələnli/ 1. In a masculine manner; like a man.
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society > morality > virtue > [adverb] > with manly virtue
masculinely1611
1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. H1v You' haue done most masculinely within, And plaid the Orator. View more context for this quotation
1732 J. Whaley Coll. Poems 48 The Face was masculinely hard.
1865 Sat. Rev. 29 Apr. 514/1 A man..who can admit that an author's style is..masculinely vigorous and sublime, and yet cannot admire it!
a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xxv. 483 Like an honest man and a loyal—masculinely loyal—lover he was squaring accounts.
1986 M. Donald Diplomacy viii. 100 This dull, sensible, masculinely handsome Englishwoman.
2. † a. In the masculine gender. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > gender > [adverb] > specific
femininely1575
masculinely1627
sexlessly1851
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 230 Whither hee meanes masculinely, that euill one, the diuell..or rather euill worke..is no matter of curious inquiry.
b. With a masculine rhyme. See masculine adj. 2. rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [adverb] > with masculine rhyme
masculinely1837
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. i 34 All the lines in each stanza rhyming masculinely with each other.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > male line or side
paternally1603
masculinely1640
patrilineally1920
1640 I. Walton Life & Death Donne in J. Donne LXXX Serm. sig. A5v His Father was masculinely..descended from a very ancient Family.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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