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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmanly
Adjective
  • The women’s Blue Tab collection emphasizes sophisticated denim tailoring and feminine craftsmanship.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
  • For me, kilts, pearls, shirts on the head, these are all things that were meant to be like, emasculated and meant to look feminine.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 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 5 May. 2025.

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