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▪ I. unˈwomanly, a.
[un-1 7.]
1. Not befitting or characteristic of a woman; inappropriate to womanly character.
App. disused or rare in the 17th and 18th c.; cf. next.
1529More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 198/2 The women folowing the crosse wyth many an vnwomanly songe. 1589Cooper Admon. 39 The vilenesse of her tongue, and other vnwomanly behauiour. 1592Daniel Compl. Rosamond lxxxiii, Offring me most vnwomanly disgrace. 1608W. Crashaw Newes fr. Italy xxi. 54 This monstrous vnkindnes and unwomanly answer pierced his heart.
1821Scott Kenilw. xli, She appealed to Foster..not to permit her to be treated with unwomanly violence. 1843Hood Song of Shirt i, A woman..in unwomanly rags. 1865‘Annie Thomas’ Theo Leigh xl, A decrepid old woman..with hard, bony, unwomanly shoulders, displayed in a hard, bold, unwomanly manner. 1896‘H. S. Merriman’ Sowers xix, It was..the face of a womanly woman engaged in un⁓womanly work.
2. Lacking the qualities or traits of a woman.
1866G. Macdonald Ann. Q. Neighb. vi, The most hurtful of all beings,..an unwomanly woman. 1886Chr. Herald (N.Y.) IX. 223 The woman of Samaria was hard, impure, and unwomanly.
▪ II. unˈwomanly, adv.
[un-1 11.]
In a manner unbecoming a woman.
App. not used in 18th and early 19th c.; cf. prec.
c1400Pilgr. Sowle iv. xxxviii. (MS. Bodl. 770) 79 b/2 Þis same..helde a parlement ful vnwommanlie befor þe kynges presence. 1565J. Calfhill Answ. Martiall 78 b, She most vnwomanly scratched out the eyes of..hir owne sonne. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 13 For your poor Children's sakes, do not so unwomanly cast away yourself.
1883D. C. Murray Hearts x, An evil story, though..not..a sad one, and all through most unwomanly womanly. 1891Kipling Light that Failed xiii, To justify herself, she began, unwomanly, to weigh the evidence. |