unmonklyadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmʌŋkli/, U.S. /ˌənˈməŋkli/ Not typical of or appropriate to a monk or a monastic way of life; lacking solemnity or austerity.
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unmonkly1833
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1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 323 He..shook hands in a cordial and quite unmonkly manner.
1884 Bible Christian Mag. Feb. 65 He even composed a book of hymns, and (most unmonkly task) a book of epigrams.
1971 College Eng. 33 335 The modern unmonkly miracle of electricity.
1999 A. L. Waldo Circle of Stones 294 The monk swore an unmonkly oath, and with a fizz and a strong smell of sulfur, disappeared.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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