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manwise en · ADV

Etymology

From man + -wise.

Meanings

1. In a way befitting a man.
   • For a little while Jason rode with his hands folded manwise on the pommel of his saddle and with manlike emotions in his heart[…] 2005, John Fox, The Heart of the Hills:
   • In the enemy army there also were women on horseback, in armor and steel helmets who fought manwise; they hurled themselves into the thick of the battle[…] 2000, Linda Grant De Pauw, Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present:
2. (not-comparable) In terms of a man.
   • At the moment, Cora was basically at a standstill, manwise, somewhere between the next to come and the last to go. The last to go had been Charles[…] 1995, Carrie Fisher, Delusions of Grandma:
   • But she had this urgent need to think of herself in terms of who she was with, manwise[…] 1995, Michael Stein, Probabilities:

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