Results for masculine

Definitions of masculine:

part of speech: adjective

Having the qualities of a man: resembling a man: robust: bold: expressing the male gender.

part of speech: adjective

Having the qualities of a man; in gram., denoting the gender appropriated to the male kind; strong; robust; coarse, as opposed to delicate.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, having the qualities of, or suitable for, a man; manly; mannish: said of a woman; in grammar, designating the gender of words that denote males.

part of speech: adverb

MASCULINELY.

Usage examples for masculine:

• When it came to the children themselves, Rachel watched, not without a hope that the clear masculine intellect would detect Fanny in a more frightened woman's fancy, and bring the F. U. E. E. off with flying colours. "The Clever Woman of the Family", Charlotte M. Yonge

• Hence, Richie, she is a queen to make the masculine knee knock the ground. "The Adventures of Harry Richmond, Complete", George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009

• The next few years were occupied in political controversy, for which G. was, by his sincerity and his masculine style, well fitted; and it was in the midst of these- in 1797- that his first marriage, already alluded to, and the death of his wife, of whom he pub. "A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature", John W. Cousin

• Women, he understood, were often attracted by masculine strength and brutality. "Burning Sands", Arthur Weigall