manlily

adverb

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Etymology: From manly + -ly.

In a manly way.
“And if thy wiues ſoule were freed from the frailty of her ſexe, it were as manly, as noble, as vnderſtanding, and euery way as excellent as thine owne: Nay, and if it were poſſible for you to change bodies; hers would worke as manlily in thine, and thine as womanlily in hers. Let the husband then bee ſo farre from inſulting ouer, contemning, or vndervaluing his wiues worth, for the weakeneſſe of her ſexe; […]”
“The gallant King, / His high, his majestic beauty not destroyed / But bearing itself more manlily, the Goddess / In pitying admiration sees, […]”