Unmanlily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unmanly manner.

    "At length the ministering mutual friend obtained the consent of the Angersteins that Duval should offer, in person, the best and sincerest proofs of his self-abhorrence, of his repentance, and of his unspeakable admiration of the character and conduct of her whom he had so heinously distressed, and unmanlily assailed."

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"At length the ministering mutual friend obtained the consent of the Angersteins that Duval should offer, in person, the best and sincerest proofs of his self-abhorrence, of his repentance, and of his unspeakable admiration of the character and conduct of her whom he had so heinously distressed, and unmanlily assailed."

Etymology

From un- + manly + -ly.

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