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virility

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vi·ril·i·ty  (v-rl-t)
n.
1. The quality or state of being virile; manly character.
2. Masculine vigor; potency.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.virilityvirility - the masculine property of being capable of copulation and procreation
maleness, masculinity - the properties characteristic of the male sex
2.virilityvirility - the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
manfulness, manliness
masculinity - the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for men
virility
noun masculinity, manhood, potency, vigour, machismo Children are considered a proof of a man's virility.
impotence, effeminacy, unmanliness, weakness, femininity, softness
Translations
virility [vɪˈrɪlɪtɪ] N → virilidad f
virility [vɪˈrɪləti] n → virilité f
virility
n (lit) → Männlichkeit f; (= sexual power) → Potenz f; (fig) → Ausdruckskraft f; political virility → politische Potenz
virility [vɪˈrɪlɪtɪ] n → virilità
virility [vɪˈrɪlɪtɪ] n → virilità


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Ward is most successful in female portraiture, her own mind and culture have an unmistakable virility and grasp and scientific firmness.
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It was fresh--the smoke-curing had just begun--and, save for the closed eyes, all the sullen handsomeness and animal virility of the boy, as Joan had known it, was still to be seen in the monstrous thing that twisted and dangled in the eddying smoke.
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Young yet, barely thirty-six, eminently handsome, magnificently strong, almost bursting with a splendid virility, his free trail-stride, never learned on pavements, and his black eyes, hinting of great spaces and unwearied with the close perspective of the city dwellers, drew many a curious and wayward feminine glance.
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