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Rfv-sense: Adverb sense. Perhaps unmanfully is intended? Pingku 16:42, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- See google books:"acted unmanly", "behaved unmanly", "treated Rowls very unmanly". I believe haplology may be involved. —RuakhTALK 18:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. If these usages are indicative, it seems chiefly to be restricted to the adjectival sense of unmanly (behaviour) as "unacceptable". (As I see it "unacceptable" is as judged by others, while "unbecoming" is as judged by oneself). Pingku 19:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
- OK as far as I'm concerned. Pingku 08:25, 26 November 2009 (UTC)