unfemininely

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Etymology[edit]

unfeminine +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

unfemininely (comparative more unfemininely, superlative most unfemininely)

  1. In an unfeminine manner; masculinely.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506:
      Occasionally she gasped out "Joe!" — a flat animal cry that her slack vocal cords made unfemininely deep, that her nasopharynx, choked with mucus, robbed of all resonance.

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