Oscar Hijuelos is a master when it comes to writing hard-muscled, virile novels.
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So the Endellion's virile, muscular style of playing was shown off at its best.
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They are locked together, a feminine woman and a virile man who might be twins.
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He would have to be neither handsome nor healthy, neither brilliant nor virile.
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An outstanding group of virile-voiced American baritones appeared in the 1920s.
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Set in the Ninth Century, the books feature a virile, attractively sullen warrior.
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He wants to be the one to show that old people can still be virile and frisky.
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Set in the ninth century, the books feature a virile, attractively sullen warrior.
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Thereafter, Grayson found her best partner in the virile baritone Howard Keel.
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Characterized by energy and vigor; "a virile and ever stronger free society"; "a new and virile leadership"
Male: characteristic of a man; "a deep male voice"; "manly sports"
Potent: (of a male) capable of copulation
(virility) manfulness: the trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male
Virility refers to any of a wide range of masculine characteristics viewed positively. It is not applicable to women or to negative characteristics. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED1) says virile is "marked by strength or force. ...
Being manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor; Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding to the personal masculine ...
(virilely) In a way or to an extent that is virile
(virility) The state of being virile; Manly character; The ability to procreate
(rhymes with, here while): manly. Advertisements for gyms show brawny, virile guys pumping iron and being admired by all the girls.