as in feminine
of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities considered more suitable for women there is nothing unmanly about letting your emotions show

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Recent Examples of unmanly In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth. Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023 Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music? Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018 But the bunt-against-the-shift is the baseball equivalent of the unmanly underhand free throw. Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 17 June 2018 Refusing her advances would be awkward, unmanly, gay. Peggy Orenstein, The Cut, 8 Mar. 2018
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Adjective
  • Customers often start with one piece of dainty, feminine, solid gold piercing jewelry or work with a member of Laura’s team to create a memorable ear stack.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • There are also images of her in softer silhouettes such as a black strappy midi-dress and pleated miniskirt, creating more playful, feminine looks.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • So in a move that no one had approved, Wayans put on an effeminate voice for the character in hopes Executive Producer Lorne Michaels would be angry.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024

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“Unmanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmanly. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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