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unˈmanlike, a. and adv.
[un-1 7 c, 11 b.]
1. Below the level of manly conduct towards others; brutally harsh or cruel; inhuman.
1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf E vij, That barbarous vn⁓manlike, and treasonable victory vpon the noble Admirall. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. xii, The unman-like cruelty of mankind. 1633Ford 'Tis Pity iv. iii, And wud you..kill her in your rage too? O 'twere most vn-manlike.
2. Inappropriate to a man or men.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xviii, It was the voice of a man, though it were a verie unmanlike voice. 1638Mayne Lucian (1664) A 4 Rude, un-manlike Raylings; which concluded in a Civil Warre. 1660T. Pierce Inq. Nat. Sin vi. §20. 122 As if he were proud of such an unmanlike tergiversation.
3. = unmanly a.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. xviii, Never was there man that could..with a more unmanlike braverie use his tongue to her disgrace. 1619A. Newman Pleas. Vis. (1840) 2 He with vnmanlike Curiousnesse was dect. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. vii, 'Tis most justly so ordered..that you your self should live in a scandalous most unmanlike slavery at home.
4. Unnaturally licentious or debasing.
1752Fielding Amelia i. iv, Having got possession of a man who was committed for certain unmanlike practices, not fit to be named.
5. adv. In a manner unlike that of a man.
1611Heywood Gold. Age i. i, Their God-like Issue thriue, Whilst I vn-man-like must destroy my babes. 1881D. C. Murray Joseph's Coat xxvii, [He] snuffled unmanlike through his tears. |