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Synonyms for unmanly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-man-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈmæn li |
Top 10 synonyms for unmanly
Définition of unmanly
Origin :- "degrading to a human," late 15c. (cf. Middle Dutch onmamlijc, German unmännlich); see unman + -ly (1).
- adj feminine
- adj weak
- adj cowardly
- Will you or will you not answer for your unmanly and brutal conduct?'
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- He was above all mean and unmanly feelings—he would withdraw his objection.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- If I seem cruel and unmanly, it is because I wish to be kind.
- Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
- Did the Dean mean to imply that his conduct hitherto had been unmanly?
- Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope
- These troubles did not come all at once and I thought it unmanly to heed them.
- Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various
- It is like the Arabs who think that a flank attack is a mean, unmanly device.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Most unmanly of Silvestro, all this; but the rogue he petted was too snug to consider it.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- The conduct of these spectators I regard as being monstrous and unmanly.
- Extract from : « The Hero of the Humber » by Henry Woodcock
- He was too ignorant to know that there were boys who thought it unmanly to pray.
- Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
- If we are unmanly today, we are so, not because we do not know how to strike, but because we fear to die.
- Extract from : « Third class in Indian railways » by Mahatma Gandhi
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