unmanly

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Unmanly to be touched by a mother's grief, and to be moved by a mother's tender entreaties!

From Oscar The Boy Who Had His Own Way by Aimwell, Walter

"It is indeed; but is it possible that Colonel Ormonde is so unmanly as to—" "Unmanly?" interrupted his wife.

From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.

"Unmanly fiend!" said I. Another officer now approached, whom I afterward knew to be the ship's doctor.

From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Stockton, Frank Richard

One of these is "The Cruise of the Somers; illustrative of the Despotism of the Quarter Deck; and of the Unmanly Conduct of Commander Mackenzie."

From James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters by Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford

Unmanly as it may seem, he burst suddenly into tears, and stepped across the room to throw his arms round Netta's neck.

From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant