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UNMANLY

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

Synonyms:

poor-spirited; pusillanimous; unmanly

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cowardly; fearful (lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted)

Derivation:

unmanliness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not possessing qualities befitting a man

Synonyms:

unmanful; unmanlike; unmanly

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cissy; effeminate; emasculate; epicene; sissified; sissy; sissyish (having unsuitable feminine qualities)

womanish (having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men)

Antonym:

manly (possessing qualities befitting a man)

Derivation:

unmanliness (the trait of being effeminate (derogatory of a man))

 II. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without qualities thought to befit a man

Synonyms:

unmanfully; unmanly

Classified under:

Adverbs

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