guylike approach
- noun
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enfoque masculino
- She found his guylike approach both refreshing and occasionally frustrating.
Examples
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The manager's guylike approach sometimes clashes with the company's collaborative culture.
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His guylike approach to teamwork often emphasizes assertiveness and competition.
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His guylike approach to negotiations surprised his colleagues.
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He prefers a guylike approach to problem-solving.
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Many people find the guylike approach to be more straightforward.
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The coach praised her player's guylike approach, which involved taking charge during the game.
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In meetings, his guylike approach focuses on directness and decisiveness.
Synonyms
A way of dressing that uses men's clothes, like loose jackets and straight pants
Antonyms
How Masculine
9
7.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
guylike + approach
The phrase is fully compositional: 'guylike' is transparently built from 'guy' + the productive adjectival '-like' meaning 'resembling/typical of', combined with 'approach' meaning 'method'. Even if 'guylike' is not listed in dictionaries, its formation follows a regular and common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer 'a method typical of men'.
Etymology
Guylike approach comes from the simple idea of guy (a man) and approach (a way of doing things); imagine someone who is direct, focused on action, and confident. So the phrase means a method or style that is 'typical of men'.