Antonyms for unmanly


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-man-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈmæn li


Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for unmanly

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