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studly

studly

5 8.4
Attractive in a strong, manly way that shows confidence
  • adjective
  • /ˈstʌdli/
  • Slang
translation icon : atractivo
  • The studly actor captivated the audience with his charm and confidence.
  • studly guy
  • studly rockstar boyfriend
  • studly actor

Jesse Watters spends every night talking about how studly or manly or not studly or not manly some man is.

Examples

  • To cope with his absence, she has fallen into the arms of her studly study partner, Marty (Andre Pitre), a relationship she manages to keep from her parents.

    Blog text (19)
  • I, for one, welcome my studly Nordic overlords.

    Blog text (31)
  • If some really studly guy hit on her...

  • Nick was a studly, closeted lacrosse star.

  • You're like that studly rockstar boyfriend I dated in college who threw those really awesome parties and was so cool!

    Academic text (2011)
  • So who's the studly newcomer in Mystic Falls?

    Blog text (21)
  • Ever since Theo Buchanan, the studly lawyer from Boston, had started staying at Dr. Michelle Renard's home, the sexual tension had been driving her crazy.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Lydia Gold never should have gone diving without her studly scuba instructor, Liam, because she was only a beginner.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • He seems like a studly guy from the '50s that you would want to take your daughter to the prom, but a crime-fighting mofo?

    Blog text (2)
  • He has a studly physique that turns heads wherever he goes.

Synonyms

sexy
vsstudly
  • NSFW
681 4.1

Attractive in a way that makes people feel sexual interest

stresses physical strength and confident impression instead of sexual arousal
handsome
vsstudly
627 1.0

Being attractive, like a tall man or an elegant room

leans more toward strong, impressive masculinity and visible confidence
hunky
vsstudly
  • Informal
32 7.1

Having a strong, attractive body, often used about a man

focuses on strength plus impressive confidence rather than only muscular looks
comely
vsstudly
  • Archaic
5 7.4

Pleasant to look at in a simple, natural way

focuses on bold masculine strength and confident impressiveness rather than plain beauty
muscly
vsstudly
  • Informal
2 3.7

A person with large, strong muscles

adds masculine impressiveness and confident aura beyond mere muscle

Antonyms

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

How Masculine

macho
  • Informal
99 6.7
studly
  • Slang
5 8.4
masculine
85 3.7
manly
79 3.0

Surface Forms

studly positive
studlier comparative
studliest superlative

Morphology

studly = stud (transparent) = stud + ly

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'stud' with the adjectival suffix '-ly', meaning 'having qualities of a stud'.

Etymology

Studly comes from stud, a word that first named a strong male animal and later a very attractive man. So studly means 'like a stud', strong, manly, and confident.