man alive

interjection

An expression of marvelment or awe

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Meanings

interjection
  1. datedAn expression of marvelment or awe

    “She pretty!” “Is she not?” “No.” “Why, man alive, she was the admiration of the whole Court!”

    1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book II (The Golden Thread), page 59
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    We couldn't hold our own for five minutes. Man alive, they'd overwhelm us like an avalanche. Why don't they make a rush for it? I say——

    c. 1921 (date written), Karel Čapek, translated by Paul Selver, R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots): A Fantastic Melodrama […], Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1923, →OCLC, Act 3
numeral
  1. bingofive

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APA

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“man alive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20alive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “man alive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/man%20alive.

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