unmanly
IPA: ʌnmˈænɫi
adjective
- (of a person) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
- Of or pertaining to something not human.
- (of a behaviour or action) Cowardly, base.
- (of a behaviour or action) Not acceptable from a man.
- (of a behaviour or action) Not becoming of a man.
adverb
- In a manner that is unmanly.
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Examples of "unmanly" in Sentences
- I ought to be called unmanly, disgraceful, and a coward, because
- Because he'd have to be a man for a woman but kneeling before her to pleasure her with his tongue in unmanly subservience?
- Despite being called the unmanly 'Care Bear' on the field, Danny has embraced the nickname and has embroidered it on his shoes.
- Tringle, with �0,000, to you with nothing; and I do not think that I ought to be called unmanly, disgraceful, and a coward, because I have courage enough to speak the truth openly to a friend whom I trust.
- When I was in school, I saw great damage done to a young man ostracized as a "faggot" by his holier-than-thou Christian brethren, called unmanly by his own father and left unprotected by his mother against all the abuse.
- But then I acknowledge also that I prefer Miss Tringle, with £100,000, to you with nothing; and I do not think that I ought to be called unmanly, disgraceful, and a coward, because I have courage enough to speak the truth openly to a friend whom I trust.
- I found, however, that although I allowed them many indulgences, they had still a great longing after war expeditions; and I could learn, in a quiet way, that they often drew comparisons by no means to my advantage, between my father's warlike propensities and what they called my unmanly disposition.
- I flew immediately to Miss Tuttle with the violent demand as to whether she knew that her sister was already a wife when she married me, and when she cried out 'No!' and showed great dismay, I broke forth with the dreadful tale and cowered in unmanly anguish at her feet, and went mad and lost myself for a little while.
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