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▪ I. unˈmanly, a.
[un-1 7. Cf. MDu. onmanlijc (Du. -lijk), MHG. unman-, unmenlîch (G. unmännlich), ON. úmannlig-r (MSw. omanliker).]
1. Dishonourable or degrading to a man.
c1475Cath. Angl. 227/2 vn-Manly,..inhumanus. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, i. i. 186 Be thou a prey vnto the House of Yorke..for this vnmanly deed. 1603Dekker Wonderfull Yeare Wks. (Grosart) I. 108 Now..thou..basely descendest into bruitish & vnmanly passions. 1697Dryden æneis ii. 810 Why this unmanly rage? 1706S. Clarke Attrib. (ed. 2) 10 All mocking and scoffing at Religion..is the most unmanly and unreasonable thing in the World. 1782F. Burney Cecilia v. vii, [To] be guilty of..unmanly cruelty. 1817Coleridge Zapolya ii. i. i, Your servants..Offer'd gross insults, in unmanly sort, To our village maidens. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 310 Hatred, which showed itself by unmanly outrages to defenceless captives.
2. Not manly; unbefitting (or unlike) a man in respect of fortitude or energy; weak-tempered, effeminate.
a1547Surrey æneid iv. 276 That Paris now, with his unmanly sorte, With mitred hats..His rape enjoyth. 1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Infractus, A softe and vnmanly fourme of speakyng. 1602Shakes. Ham. i. ii. 94 'Tis vn⁓manly greefe, It shewes a will most incorrect to Heauen. 1682J. Flavel Fear Ded., An unmanly and unchristian faintness. 1743Francis tr. Hor., Odes v. x. 17 Thy vile, vn⁓manly wailings. 1796F. Burney Camilla IV. 122 An unmanly fop. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. xii, Others sate and wept, And to the reckless gales unmanly moaning kept. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. 339 Unmanly and pernicious luxury.
▪ II. unˈmanly, adv. Now rare.
[un-1 11. Cf. Du. onmanlijk, ON. úmannliga (MSw. omanlika).]
1. Dishonourably; treacherously.
c1400Destr. Troy 13785 [A] kyng..By the myrmydons vnmonly murtherit to dethe. c1465Eng. Chron. (Camden, 1856) 50 He was traitorly and vnmanli slayn, and cast in to a pit. 1626R. Peeke Three to One B 3, Some of our Men were vnfortunately and vnmanly surprised.
2. Inhumanely; with unmanly cruelty or unkindness.
c1475Cath. Angl. 227/2 Vn-Manly, inhumaniter. 1594Selimus 1513 Shall he thus unmanly be misus'd? 1658Cleveland Rustic Ramp. Wks. (1687) 464 A Dominion so unmanly cruel. 1673Hickeringill Greg. F. Greyb. 46 If he had not so unmanly..play'd upon the dead. 1717S. Centlivre Cruel Gift iv, Unmanly dost thou urge my Father's faults. 1824T. Fenby Last Sad Scene viii, This was all for him who hath, Untimely and unmanly, left me.
3. With unmanly weakness.
1579–80North Plutarch (1595) 908 So he tooke his banishment vnmanly. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 61 We ought not to heare the reprehensions..of Philosophers recklessly.., nor yet unmanly. |