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Meanings of unmanly in английском

португальский
efeminado

Not possessing qualities befitting a man.

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      efeminado

      Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.

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            Without qualities thought to befit a man.

                Usage of unmanly in английском
                1
                Thus stretched in unmanly indolence on their cushions, they feast on delicacies.
                Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor P...
                2
                I call it unmanly to tease and quarrel, and contradict like that.
                What Katy Did at School
                3
                Soft, but with no unmanly softness; luxuriant, but with no unmannered luxury.
                Val d'Arno / Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent ...
                4
                To slavishly follow others is, to say the least of it, unmanly.
                A Trip Abroad / An Account of a Journey to the Earthly Canaan an...
                5
                O, it was impious; it was unmanly; it was poor and pitiful!
                Parker's Second Reader / National Series of Selections for Readi...
                6
                Usually they say that princes are all that is detestable and unmanly.
                Castle Craneycrow
                7
                Our vague and imperfect morality rose with disgust at his unmanly lie.
                The Nigger Of The "Narcissus": A Tale Of The Forecastle
                8
                It is a pose, an affectation, it is unmanly-itis not English.
                The Garden of Survival
                9
                Mrs. Low was wrong when she accused our hero of being unmanly.
                Phineas Redux
                10
                He was above all mean and unmanly feelings-hewould withdraw his objection.
                The Christian: A Story
                11
                Is there not then something that is unmanly in the opposite sentiment?
                The Quest of the Simple Life
                12
                There is something to me unmanly in a man's persecuting a girl.
                Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
                13
                How dare you be a cowardly, bullying, braggadocio of an unmanly landlord?
                The Queen of Hearts
                14
                Detested be the national reflections against them!-theyare unjust, groundless, illiberal, unmanly.
                The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
                15
                Base threats, unmanly terrors, and brute violence are your despicable engines!-Wretchedman!
                Anna St. Ives
                16
                I suppose it would be unmanly to ask to stay a little longer?
                Bangkok 8
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                efeminado
                Unmanly through the time
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