unmanfully

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

unmanful +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

unmanfully (comparative more unmanfully, superlative most unmanfully)

  1. In an unmanful manner.
    • 1856, Albert G. Mackey, The Principles of Masonic Law[1]:
      But in the name of justice, law, and common sense, do not insiduously and unmanfully continue a sentence for one and a former offense, as a punishment for another and a later one, and that, too, without the due forms of trial.
    • 1918, Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Amazing Interlude[2]:
      So Sara Lee's room had a different occupant for a time, a thin and fine-worn young Belgian, who yielded to Sara Lee when Jean gave up in despair, and who proceeded, most unmanfully, to faint as soon as he was between the blankets.