Etymology

manshiply

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Today it means: manly, honorably, faithfully; good qualities of a man; in a courtly, polite manner Full definition →

Middle English manshiply
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommanshiply“honorably, faithfully; in a courtly manner”
  2. English todaymanshiply

From Middle English manshiply (“honorably, faithfully; in a courtly manner”), equivalent to manship + -ly.

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