Read full poem →What had I on earth to do
With the slothful, with the mawkish, the unmanly?
Like the aimless, helpless, hopeless, did I drivel
Dictionary Entry
(of a person) Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. unmanlyweakness unmanlytears unmanlyconduct unmanlyfear unmanly
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Poetry examples for “unmanly”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →"What doth this mean," George Wharton said,
"To strike in such unmanly sort?
"But, that I take it at thy hands,