Mannishly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mannish \Man"nish\, a. [Man + -ish: cf. AS. mennisc, menisc.]
     1. Resembling a human being in form or nature; human.
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              But yet it was a figure


              Most like to mannish creature.        --Gower.
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     2. Resembling, suitable to, or characteristic of, a man,
        manlike, masculine. --Chaucer.
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              A woman impudent and mannish grown.   --Shak.
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     3. Fond of men; -- said of a woman. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Man"nish*ly},adv. -- {Man"nish*ness},
        n.
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