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unfemininely

unfemininely adverb: in an unfeminine manner; masculinely.

Adverb

unfemininely (comparative more unfemininely, superlative most unfemininely)

  1. In an unfeminine manner; masculinely.
    • 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.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 506

Forms of unfemininely

comparativemore unfemininely
superlativemost unfemininely

Origin of unfemininely

From unfeminine + -ly.

Questions about unfemininely

What does unfemininely mean?
Unfemininely means in an unfeminine manner; masculinely.
What part of speech is unfemininely?
Unfemininely is an adverb.

Words near unfemininely in the dictionary

  1. unfelt
  2. unfelted
  3. unfemale
  4. unfemboyish
  5. unfeminine
  6. unfemininely
  7. unfeminineness
  8. unfemininity
  9. unfeminism
  10. unfeminist
  11. unfeminize

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