unmanly

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not possessing qualities befitting a man
  2. adjective lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
  3. adverb without qualities thought to befit a man

Etymology

From un- + manly.

In classic literature

Synonyms

unmanful, unmanlike

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