unmanly
/ʌnˈmænli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
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.
adj
Not acceptable from a man.
adj
Not becoming of a man.
adv
In a manner that is unmanly.
Example Sentences
- "'I do not know which is the worse,' he cried, 'the fraudulent old villain or the unmanly young cub. […]"
- "He'd be wearing white pants and playing lawn tennis presently if he continued to grow much softer and more unmanly."
- "Nothing captured the alt-right mentality better than cuckservative, with its taunt that moderation is unmanly and certain conservative males are cuckolds."
- "And then, it may be, of his wish to roam Repented he, but in his bosom slept The silent thought, nor from his lips did come One word of wail, whilst others sate and wept, And to the reckless gales unmanly moaning kept."
- "I had bought a toy in the street for my own amusement. It represented a woman, a young mother, flinging her little son over her head with one hand and catching him in the other ... The unmanly chuckle always came, I found, when the poor lady dropped her babe, […]"
- "But when, instead of an impotent and unmanly struggle for existence, he found that his friend had forborne, with the customary and dignified submission of an Indian warrior, until an opportunity had offered to escape, and that he had then manifested the spirit and decision of the most gifted brave, his gratification became nearly too powerful to be concealed."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English manly English unmanly From un- + manly.
Usage
Inflected Forms
unmanlier (comparative)
more unmanly (comparative)
unmanliest (superlative)
most unmanly (superlative)