Usually means: In a manly, strong manner.
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  1. virilely: Merriam-Webster
  2. virilely: Collins English Dictionary
  3. virilely: Vocabulary.com
  4. virilely: Wiktionary

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  1. virilely: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a way or to an extent that is virile.

Similar:
androgenously, masculinely, manfully, masculinistically, valorously, virtuously, womanfully, virulently, mannishly, vincibly, more...

Opposite:
effeminately, unmanly, weakly

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Similar:
androgenously, masculinely, manfully, masculinistically, valorously, virtuously, womanfully, virulently, mannishly, vincibly, more...

Opposite:
effeminately, unmanly, weakly



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