adj., -li·er, -li·est.

1. 1. Dishonorable; degrading.
   2. Lacking courage; cowardly.
2. Regarded as unbecoming to a man.

unmanliness un·man'li·ness n.

adjective

1. Ignobly lacking in courage: chickenhearted, cowardly, craven, dastardly, faint-hearted, lily-livered, pusillanimous. Slang chicken, gutless, yellow, yellow-bellied. See fear/courage.
2. Having qualities more appropriate to women than to men: effeminate, epicene, feminine, sissified, sissyish, womanish. See gender.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: not possessing qualities befitting a man
  Synonyms: unmanful, unmanlike
  Antonym: manly (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
  Synonyms: pusillanimous, poor-spirited

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The adverb unmanly has one meaning:

Meaning #1: without qualities thought to befit a man
  Synonym: unmanfully

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - umandig

Nederlands (Dutch)
niet mannelijk (verwijfd), onmenselijk, laf, eerloos

Français (French)
adj. - pusillanime

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unmännlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άνανδρος, που δεν ταιριάζει σε άνδρα

Italiano (Italian)
effeminato, pusillanime

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indigno de homem, efeminado

Русский (Russian)
немужественный, недостойный мужчины

Español (Spanish)
adj. - impropio de un hombre, poco viril, afeminado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - omanligt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
无男子气概的, 怯懦的, 女人似的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無男子氣概的, 怯懦的, 女人似的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남자답지 않은, 겁 많은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 男らしくない, 臆病な, 卑怯な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جبان, عديم الرجوله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא גברי, חלש, פחדני, נשי‬

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