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    UNMANLY

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearfulplay

    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 manplay

    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 manplay

    Synonyms:

    unmanfully; unmanly

    Classified under:

    Adverbs

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