| 单词 | unwomanly |
| 例句 | The antis used the same arguments they had used all along: Suffrage would destroy the home; it was “unwomanly”; mothers would neglect their children, and wives would divorce their husbands over political disagreements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d been wondering how I could be a woman and yet be drawn to unwomanly things. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A pastoral letter from the General Association of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts denounced the sisters as unwomanly and unchristian, arguing that they would fall in “shame and dishonor in the dust.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z We both smile at the three Family sins she’s just committed – drawing attention, unwomanly loudness, and the greatest and least forgivable, taking the Lord’s name in vain. Work, pray, fear: my life in the Family cult 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Surely a desire, even in an oral history, for modest factual scaffolding doesn’t make one unwomanly? Russian Women Speak Up About the Front Lines and the Home Front 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z "The easiest shortcut in any society of how to bring a woman down is to expose her as being unwomanly," says Claire. A Very British Scandal: Claire Foy's historic take on revenge porn 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z Pioneer female doctors often established private practices from their homes, which helped to distract public attention from their "unwomanly" professional ambition. Why working from home was never an easy option 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z At the same time, soccer was considered unwomanly. Olympics Give British Women’s Soccer a Moment of Sun 2012-07-25T19:51:49Z Nothing could be more ungraceful or more unwomanly than for women to ride like men; and for short women or "little girls," it would be most objectionable. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z It ought to make me arise and thrash myself for being so unwomanly. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z She was not the kind of girl who ogled men, or practised unwomanly arts to attract their attention. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z The more I see of her the more selfish, affected, shallow, unwomanly I see her to be. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Poverty had weighed too heavily on Mrs. Goldstein to allow her to tolerate an idler, and besides she had always looked with disapproval on Yetta's unwomanly education. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Of course that is dreadfully unwomanly and unconventional, and so forth, but it is what I ought to do.... Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z She was unwomanly, I cannot but think it, and I am sure she influenced her husband for evil. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z It is considered by the women, and more particularly the men, who do not possess it, unwomanly. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z “Ah! now you think me unwomanly,” she said, and her voice shook pitifully... Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z With an 'intense and burning,' almost unwomanly ambition, I have still joyed in your success, and gloried in your glory; and all because Love laid its reproving finger on the lip of Envy. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z The dominating element of such prose and verse is a bleak despair, unmanly, unwomanly, inhuman. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z But I do, I tell you, I do," Virginia said again, "and I'll never do an unwomanly thing again in my life. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z And she began to wink with her eyes in token that such was the fact, but at the same time blushed as if ashamed of her unwomanly strength. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z Her most celebrated composition is “Judith and Holofernes,” in the Uffizi Gallery; certainly a work of singular energy, and giving ample proof of executive faculty, 603 but repulsive and unwomanly in its physical horror. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Clearly a man needed a wife to perform this homely office, a wife of a suitable age, with similar tastes, who would never distress him with any display of unwomanly traits. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z "With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread." Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z This is unwomanly—shameless, if you will—but do you think I have not known your love for me, and the true brave fight that you have made? The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z Much stress is laid upon assisting girl students to attain balanced characters, charming manners, and ambitions that are not unwomanly. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z “The hag that gave these three abortions birth, Unmotherly mother and unwomanly Woman,” The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Heaven forbid that anything so unwomanly and indelicate as this should come upon me. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Athalia wore not unwomanly rags at the period when I shall commence her history. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z ‘I meant,’ explained Neville, ‘that the surroundings are so dull and unwomanly, and that Helena can have no suitable friend or society here.’ The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z Just for a few hours at the very beginning he had thought her naturalness, her ready friendliness, a little unwomanly. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z In this she was a little unwomanly, perhaps, but unwomanly in the best and noblest sense. Old Kensington 2011-05-29T02:00:09.797Z To show either anger or pique was small and unwomanly! The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z Her archness was not bold nor unwomanly, and her vivacity was well within the bounds of refinement and good taste. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z ‘I meant,’ explained Neville, ‘that the surroundings are so dull and unwomanly, and that Helena can have no suitable friend or society here.’ The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z By the end of the first day in Lucerne he was finding it pleasant to pair off with her, womanly or unwomanly. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z A woman who has not the essence of manhood, is an unwomanly woman. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Those maidens of brawny build, and bold, unwomanly features—I never bethought me to love them yet. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z From six in the morning till nearly midnight, it is the centre of a throng, feminine mainly, but often essentially unwomanly in its language and manners. Notes on Old Edinburgh 2011-05-03T02:00:17.180Z Not content with harassing us from morning to night with your shiftless, unwomanly ways, you must make a blunder like this. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z She was actually following him up quite a number of the stairs, still with her hand on his arm, and her face, so unattractive in its unwomanly eagerness, quite close to his. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The woman was most unwomanly, but she was a woman. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z D'Aumont, yes! but not his daughter—that arrogant girl with the severe eyes, unwomanly and dictatorial, who ruled her father just as she herself, Pompadour, ruled the King. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z You are too much like your father to be guilty of such unwomanly selfishness. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Even now she did not understand the matter,--exactly what she was accused of she did not know; only that it was something unwomanly and disgraceful. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z Not in unmanly characters does mildness charm, but in manly ones; as energy does, not in unwomanly ones, but in the womanly. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Or possibly he never goes into the nursery at all,—a lack of interest which would be very unwomanly in a woman, but is not the the least unmanly nor absolutely unknown in a man. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z If she could indulge in such an unwomanly sneak as to fly from the presence of her daughter, she would never risk her neck down among the bullets that are whizzing so near her home. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Had her conduct been shameless and unwomanly, and would he remember her only to despise her? The Doctor's Wife 2011-03-06T03:00:18.770Z If we get interested in anything but them it is "unwomanly"—they call it "a fad." Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z It seemed to me unwomanly and uncalled for, that bitter, scornful speech; even granting the truth of it, which had not been established in my mind. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch—stitch—stitch! Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z It was also urged that it was indelicate and unwomanly for the gentler sex to engage in the healing art, and that, for their own good, they should be excluded from it at all costs. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z No weakness, no unwomanly ferocity mingles with the reproaches which she utters on first awakening to the betrayal of her trust. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil Lucy Well, of course, I am old-fashioned, but going down-town every day with the men,—it seems so unwomanly. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z You don’t know how sorry I am for those horrible, unwomanly things I said to you. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z “The gift of prophecy” was at once subdued in Boston by lashes, as was unwomanly carriage. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days I said: "I suppose you would think it unwomanly of me if I smoked?" Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune Scarcely was she alone, when she reproached herself for having pretended an unwomanly hardness and severity that was calculated to frighten away her sensitive friend, rather than to bring him nearer to her. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Thank heavens, little Jean didn't elbow her way into men's affairs; she had no unwomanly ambitions for a career! Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z Although the nine Muses are women, our sex easily get by association with them an unwomanly touch that is not by any means to their advantage.--Oh, In Paradise A Novel. Vol. I. Thanks for the interruption," said Christiane in a subdued tone, that the person outside might not hear; "I should have given you an answer, which perhaps would have seemed altogether too unwomanly. The Children of the World "Then you don't think it's unwomanly?" she asked, grateful for his approval. The Bachelors A Novel She remembers the late scene with painful distinctness, and wonders if she has been unwomanly, coarse, undeserving of pity. Faith and Unfaith And, just think, I had a hand in it, Lucy, a hand in the unwomanly work of saving children's lives! Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z What could she think but that he had looked with an unfavourable eye upon that outpouring of her full heart—perhaps thought her reference to Sir Maxwell's hateful addresses unmaidenly, unwomanly? Her Season in Bath A Story of Bygone Days These stigmatize many of the most legitimate aspirations of women as "unwomanly." Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) These men wish to wait until every woman is educated, before acting in a reform movement, while many conservatives oppose the new system of education for girls as making them unwomanly. Japanese Girls and Women Revised and Enlarged Edition There is evidently some mistake in the announcement of this unwomanly and degrading exhibition. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But a woman cannot pursue her career, she must be pursued by it; otherwise she is unwomanly. Why Marry? 2011-02-26T03:00:44.307Z Not bad, as I said before; but barbaric, severe, unwomanly. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The confession may be unwomanly, but I glory in it. The Song of the Wolf There was a general giggle, and a chorus of exclamations at such unpatriotic and unwomanly perfidy. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys She knew the unrelenting disdain of that proud nature for what is stained, unworthy, unwomanly, as well as she knew its strength to esteem, its gift to exalt, its power to bless. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 I have said it,—and my lips are not blistered by the unwomanly confession, and you still permit my head to rest in your lap. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part If I make mistakes, if I seem unwomanly—but you have asked for the truth and you shall have it, all of it. Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories By her unwomanly persistence she had very clearly lost whatever admiration and respect Willie Jones might once have felt for her. A Little Question in Ladies' Rights These were supposed to take the place of “yells,” and cheers, both proscribed as verging upon the unwomanly. Betty Wales Freshman “It is considered very unwomanly not to wear trousers, and very indelicate for a man not to have skirts to his coat.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" I do not wish to be unwomanly, and honesty and candor are not necessarily unfeminine, because some coarse, rough-handed, bold-eyed woman has possibly rendered them unpopular.” Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part A woman need not be unwomanly in order to write books that will help the world. Threads of Grey and Gold In themselves they are ample refutation of the charges made by the unthinking that participation in public affairs would make women unwomanly. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years You don't think me unwomanly for telling you so, do you, dearest? The Mermaid of Druid Lake and Other Stories As far as I can gather from what she has been telling me—filming seems to require a certain amount of unwomanly abandon! I'll Leave It To You A Light Comedy In Three Acts How shall I bear it?" said poor Anne to herself sometimes; "it is so wrong, so unwomanly! Four Ghost Stories “There!” says she, and, taking the most unwomanly oaths upon her tongue, bade me begone and carry it to the Judas who had sent me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) This self-reliance, this direct dealing with the world, seemed to him, even in the height of his concern, unwomanly, a deeper injury to his own abandoned assumptions than any he had contemplated. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman That woman also should have strength, courage and resolution, is considered heretical, "unwomanly," although none would dare deny that, equipped with such qualities, woman could protect herself against many ills and inconveniences. Woman under socialism It has been claimed that the work is unwomanly; that it is only performed by abandoned women; and that no respectable woman who becomes a detective can remain virtuous. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller "But hard labour and learned professions, they say, make women masculine, coarse, unwomanly." Shirley To be sure, his first emotion was that of angry indignation, sending the outraged blood through every pulse; then, as it cooled, the act appeared so utterly unwomanly. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart Her efforts towards peace now seemed immodest, bold, unwomanly. The Peace of Roaring River Why I have done what must seem an unwomanly act?” Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West Their disapproval would not rest on the ground that these things were 'unwomanly', nor upon any question of weakness or strength, of inferiority or superiority, but for another and, to the savage, very urgent reason. Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development "Kick!" echoed his wife, tossing her head at this rebuke, administered in the presence of the friend; "I am not, I hope, so unwomanly as to kick." The Benefactress It would not be unwomanly, Pluma, because I, his mother, so earnestly request it; for, on your love for each other hangs my hopes of happiness. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love She would take love and kisses as full value received––unless she was a girl like Caroline, an unwomanly, mercenary, practical, matter-of-money creature.” A Singer from the Sea Would it be unwomanly to ask why there should have been such wide divergence in the Divine Illumination which each Oracle received? The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V When Joan of Arc led the French army to victory I dare say the carpet knights of England thought her unwomanly. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV "It is a lie," said Anna; also, as Frau Manske afterwards pointed out to her friends, an unwomanly remark. The Benefactress The knitting women remember now with shame and sorrow that they have said hard things about the suffragettes, and thought they were unwomanly and hysterical. In Times Like These And perhaps she did nothing unwomanly in leaving Denas freedom to suppose the rector’s insolent indifference the fruit of his jealousy and disappointment. A Singer from the Sea What astonishes me most is that a woman should be so unwomanly as to fight for a man in such a way as that. Is He Popenjoy? I knew I was doing an unwomanly thing, and in order to preserve what little womanliness I might have left, when I got up to read it I whispered the whole essay. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV We possess a certain unwomanly honesty according to old standards, which makes us say such things as I have said to you. The Gorgeous Girl Kalliope must be made to understand that such conduct was not only undesirable in a maid but was actually unwomanly. The Island Mystery That would be a vile and unwomanly action, and quite foreign to your gentle heart. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana Because, ungrateful, unwomanly, miserable as you are—I will not rob you or the dead! The Wild Geese “I have been given to understand,” she said pleasantly, “that it is unwomanly to have opinions upon politics.” Counsel for the Defense Her dead mother could hardly have cared for her more tenderly than does the hard-hearted washerwoman, not long ago so fierce and unwomanly. The Grey Woman and other Tales We have also proposed to open new avenues of employment to women—to make them less dependent and less burdensome—to lift them out of unwomanly self-distrust and disqualifying diffidence into womanly self-respect and self-knowledge. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III But yet there was something in her eyes that could even rouse fear; her voice, which could be heard at a great distance, told of something unwomanly in her. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Now that you have heard how unwomanly I am, how wicked, how criminally wicked! Too Old for Dolls A Novel Nor can I say, in these days, what I think of girls practising exercises that in my day were thought unwomanly. Somehow Good We are called unwomanly for our advocacy of this priceless boon to women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II It would be "unwomanly" in us to suggest such a word as inconsistency. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Have they proved by their follies, their extravagances, their unwomanly boldness and want of a just sense of decorum that these great men were wrong? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The prejudice is still deep-rooted which insists that domestic activity is woman's only legitimate career, that to enter the literary arena is unwomanly, that inspired songs may drop only from male lips. Jewish Literature and Other Essays With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,— Stitch! Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature Or Margaret Fuller, or Julia Ward Howe, do you call these women unwomanly? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II She felt inclined to bid Tony accept the offer, yet she knew it would be an unwomanly thing to do. Bandit Love If it be unwomanly for a girl to have a whole education, why is it not unwomanly for her to have even a half one? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I "Electra Grey, you are unwomanly in your unsought love." Macaria Call me unwomanly, bold, wanton if you will, for making this declaration—but I love you!—God only knows how ardently, how passionately. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston If there are some branches of knowledge improper for them to acquire—some which are in their nature unwomanly—they will know it a thousandfold better than men. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Listening always, but speaking seldom, for she felt that he was waiting purposely until some milestone of achievement had been passed, and she feared that he might consider her unwomanly. The Doomsman If 'tis unwomanly This to avow, then I'm unlike my sex, Not false to my own nature,—ah! not false. The Woman Who Dared "It is unjust—unwomanly——" The grey eyes flashed like steel. The Rider of Waroona She longed to shout out that Huldah Spiller might take care of herself, since she had been so unwomanly as to run after men and bring all this trouble on them. Judith of the Cumberlands Then let us take our place by them, cast in our lot with them and be called unwomanly. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II He could not associate Nell with anything that was mean and unwomanly. The Unknown Wrestler It was cold, it was calculating, and it was, in a measure, unwomanly. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 To look straight seemed to him almost as unwomanly as to throw straight, and Susan would, doubtless, be quite capable of performing either of these difficult feats. Virginia Modjeska, then, and even now one of the greatest actresses on our stage, called it an unwomanly room, but I am not quite sure that this is precisely what she meant. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty To that unwomanly work we addressed ourselves in the Toledo convention, and all admitted that we gave most satisfactory answers. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II He suddenly saw terrible results of this unwomanly struggle for office. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The older painters had seen something undivine in man; the colossal mosaic, the tall unwomanly Madonna, expressed the sense of the Byzantine artist that to be divine was to be unhuman. Stray Studies from England and Italy Both daughters taught dancing in scholastic establishments for Young Ladies—had done so at Mrs. Sapsea's; nay, Twinkleton's—and both, in giving lessons, presented the unwomanly spectacle of having little fiddles tucked under their chins. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete She had excellent nerves, and was not at all timid; if anything, she thought herself a little too self-possessed, and was slightly ashamed of it, fancying it unwomanly. Fair Margaret A Portrait Translated into English, Mr. Chairman, this means that it is unwomanly to vote. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II I was afraid it was a forward—an unwomanly thing to do. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Do I believe that she is wild, unwomanly, heathenish, as Mrs. Danby says? Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 The young man's first feeling was one of admiration for the woman before him, who, in spite of her grotesque attire and defiant, unwomanly air, was strikingly beautiful. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903 Perhaps you think me bold and unwomanly to speak so plainly to you, a stranger. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901 If it be unwomanly for a woman to vote, or to hold office, it is unwomanly for Victoria to be Queen of England. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Take this stanza from Hood’s Song of the Shirt: With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide As it was, she, with some difficulty, called up her usual smiles, and contented herself with whispering spitefully to Quimby, "How can she appear before the public so? it seems so unwomanly!" Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes "You must know it all," she said, "though it may be unwomanly to tell so much." Cousin Henry “But there are plenty of unwomanly women,” he objected. Jewel Weed There is no more reason that men should assume to decide participation in politics to be unwomanly than that woman should decide for men that it is unmanly. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The child pointed to a closet, in which Stephen found on the floor a heap of unwomanly rags. The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea Her levity, her frivolous laughter, her unwomanly jests gave colour to a thousand scandals. History of the English People, Volume IV It was unwomanly, of course, that she had let it be known, but perhaps her relatives were more to blame than herself. Marcia Schuyler She had yielded him up to the beautiful woman he had loved before he saw her, Nell; and it was shameful and unwomanly that she should feel a joy in his proximity. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden The reply to the assertion that participation in political power is unwomanly, and tends to subvert the family relation, is simple and unanswerable. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II She never got dishevelled or untidy, and her trim tweed skirt and serviceable boots never made her look unwomanly. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Is it unwomanly—is it too bold to tell you this so soon? Despair's Last Journey With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch—stitch—stitch! English Songs and Ballads "Most unbecoming," said I. "Unwomanly," said Trewlove, with a sudden contortion of the face; "unwomanly, sir!—but ah, how like a woman!" Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Depend upon it, Ruth, when it does, she would have been unwomanly and masculine if she hadn’t been able to read. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid We are all oftentimes shocked by anecdotes illustrative of the rancorous spite, and vulgar, unwomanly malignity, cherished by many Southern females against the Union and its defenders. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy When I reached the front door, with all my recklessness, I felt glad to see no head poking out of windows—above all, no female witness to my unwomanly conduct. Kate Coventry An Autobiography She has expressed fear that, in her great pity for you, she may be thought to have acted an unwomanly part, and that you will perhaps despise her.” The Hot Swamp At one particular point a woman “in unwomanly rags” was seen leaning up against a lamp-post with an idiotical expression on her bloated face, making an impassioned speech to some imaginary person at her elbow. The Garret and the Garden On the night of the day about which we have been writing, a woman, dressed in “unwomanly rags” crept out of the shadow of the houses near London Bridge. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Her action was unwomanly, if you like, but peculiarly feminine, with the unavoidable hysterical femininity engendered in women by their subjected environment. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn But there were men not unfriendly to her or to Sir Rupert who shook their heads and said that Helena Langley was rather unwomanly. The Dictator She seemed still to fear that he would think her too masculine, a bit unwomanly; but her loneliness, the lack of love in her life, made a new appeal to Prescott. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond I did not think that a daughter of mine could have behaved in such an unwomanly manner. A Houseful of Girls Lady Kingsburgh therefore went herself, but stopped short at the door on seeing the stranger, whose aspect seems to have been unusually gaunt and unwomanly. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. I would not make woman unwomanly, but would crown her with all the grace and dignity of true female worth. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. It is gratifying to discourage vanity in woman, to set down as unwomanly the girl who has gathered all the men around her. The Dictator "Captain Prescott, I hope you do not think I have been unwomanly," she said. Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond It would seem unwomanly to desert a man in the hour of misfortune, but she would act at once, and not wait until the worst happened. A Houseful of Girls A fifth spoiled her chances by an unwomanly ignorance of horticulture, and a sixth perished miserably after returning to me one of my most cherished books with the leaves dog-eared and the binding cracked. The Romance of an Old Fool This is the virtue of too many women—a virtue scarcely worthy the name—really no virtue at all—a milk-and-water substitute—a hypocritical, hollow pretension to virtue as unwomanly as it is disgraceful. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. She had in former days carried her disregard for the conventional so far that malign critics, judging purely by the narrowest laws, had described her as unwomanly. The Dictator She disapproved of the speaker, whose khaki uniform, close-cropped hair, crossed legs, and arms a-kimbo struck her as everything that was modern and unwomanly. The Hand in the Dark She is at first the type of a cruel, unwomanly queen. The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats "I shall begin to think I've seemed unwomanly all these years." The Call of the Blood It would be unwomanly not to have an animal die every time she was hungry, so that her life might pick the bones of death. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. There was nothing unwomanly in flowing hair, there was nothing indelicate. The Beach of Dreams I don't think I'm unwomanly but I'm not a good sewer. The Hippodrome Oh! what a cruel, unwomanly wrong Felicita had been guilty of! Cobwebs and Cables That was quite natural, and not at all what I call unwomanly. The Simpkins Plot It is unwomanly to waste the high energies of her love on the material charms of an elegant person, or the brilliant accomplishments of cultured manners, unless they are united with true worth of character. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Yet if some woman had spoken in the same tones, you would have not thought them unwomanly. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 You perhaps think it very unwomanly—but I don't care much what you think. North of Fifty-Three Nay, it is unwomanly; but one may be driven. Can You Forgive Her? He represented himself to me, as an injured and long-suffering man; and me, to myself, as an unkind, undutiful, and most unwomanly woman. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems It is all so sweetly feminine, that the stranger is astonished to hear such women dubbed unwomanly. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Mrs. Blake said that it was impossible that Lottie could be so lost to all sense of propriety, so wicked, so unwomanly— The girl stood opposite, slim, white and resolute. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. The girl, she confided every night to the major, was unladylike, unwomanly, outr�, horsy, unthinkable, an insult to any woman into whose presence she came. Judith of Blue Lake Ranch I shall live and grow stout, and look after my chickens and my flowers and my colts, and thank the Lord in my old age that I have never done anything unwomanly. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. I would never have believed that you would have done anything unwomanly. Daisy in the Field "But you must listen to me, Major Lawrence; you must learn why I did so unwomanly an act." My Lady of Doubt Yet I swear it was shameful—unwomanly, Bill, sir—to say that I fibbed. The Heptalogia Miss Wicks and Miss Hampton, for reasons best known to themselves, chose to make Miss Briggs the victim of an unwomanly practical joke on the very day of her arrival at Overton. Grace Harlowe's First Year at Overton College I am unpractised—wild, maybe—but am I so unwomanly, Mr. Falkirk? Wych Hazel I am aware that to all these things there are exceptions—there are unwomanly women as there are effeminate men, but the fewness of the exceptions only proves the general truth. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Because it might appear to you that I had been unwomanly. My Lady of Doubt Wearing that opal, was it not unwomanly and wicked to thrill at the contact with one, who never could be more than her coolly kind, prudent, sagacious guardian? Infelice I must say her conduct is most unwomanly. The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow There are a great many more sensible women in this world than people realize, but in certain small places matrimony is still the chief pursuit in which women can engage without being thought unwomanly. Kitty Canary If God fitted Anna Shaw's brain and tongue for the platform, it would be unwomanly in her to make herself the pedal power of a sewing machine. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures It was impossible for me to conceive of her performing an unwomanly action. My Lady of Doubt With those bright eyes reading her unwomanly and foolish heart, was he amusing himself, as an entomologist impales a feeble worm, and from its writhing deduces the exact character of its nervous and muscular anatomy? Infelice Come, Miss Whitmore, you must rouse yourself from this unwomanly grief. Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread,— Stitch! stitch! stitch! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread: Stitch! stitch! stitch! McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader "I always liked men better, and I think it's unwomanly not to—don't you, governor?" The Voice of the People She was not in the least unwomanly, but she was very modern in her frank expression of the pleasure she felt in my companionship. The Gay Cockade I don't like your ranting, pushing, unwomanly women who can talk of nothing but their rights. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 The old hag was a marvel of all that is unwomanly and sinful. A Man and a Woman She felt guilty as she recovered, for the habit of thinking about subjects unconnected with her family had always seemed to her as unwomanly as a thin voice or a flat chest. The Judge May not even Adrian himself have discovered her secret passion, and perhaps despised her for it, as being unwomanly? The Haunted Chamber A Novel The latter amused the family, for they thought the higher education of women quite unwomanly and had refused to let me go to college. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags, Plying her needle and thread— Stitch! stitch! stitch! The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood I have been so false—so false to myself, and so unwomanly! Bressant I—I don't need to be told that this is a very—a very unwomanly proceeding on my part. The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith You purposely misrepresented matters to Professor Cole and deliberately put aside my authority; not to mention the unwomanly way in which you behaved toward the sophomore team. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics She pays no special attention to feminine graces, but is not ungraceful or unwomanly. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years For natural obligations are substituted the fictitious duties of clubs, meetings, committees, organizations, professions, a thousand unwomanly occupations. The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls She looked down the devious track of her past, counted over its unworthy and most unwomanly satisfactions, and wondered. Sevenoaks Besides, of course, although women are simply too splendid nowadays, don't you think the big drum—just a wee bit unwomanly, my dear. Living Alone Inwardly I thought how ill-natured and unwomanly it was. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh "Unmaidenly perhaps, but not unwomanly," said I. "I thank you," she said, interrupting my sentence. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall For the few unwomanly and slander-loving gossips who have injured him and themselves only by repeating his ravings, when in such moods they have accepted his society. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 I do nothing unwomanly, and I do nothing, I trust, ignoble. The Mississippi Bubble "Despite all the loose, unwomanly talk in the air, you do realize, I see, that marriage will always remain the noblest possible career for a woman." V. V.'s Eyes You will not consider me bold and unwomanly, I know, but I want to be your wife. Nedra It is impossible to discover, from the carping records of that time, that she asserted her powers by an unwomanly effort. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs "I'm sure, Olivia," she said, "I think it is frightfully unwomanly in you—" "To take so much interest in my own murder?" Romance Island Your conduct is positively—have another muffin and this little slice of upper joint—I say positively, unwomanly inhuman. Andrew the Glad "I have a most unwomanly and unladylike desire to see that beast manhandled." Kindred of the Dust Indeed, that was only proper gratitude to a friend, not unwomanly submission to the great young man of the place. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 "You will only remember that I loved you, Edgar, not that I was unwomanly and wicked?" Coralie Everyday Life Library No. 2 "Olivia, I'm sure," protested Mrs. Hastings, "I think it's very unwomanly of you to show such an interest in these things." Romance Island The fashion of her dress was strange, half masculine, yet not unwomanly. The Were-Wolf Curiously enough, it had not occurred to her until this moment that she had done something shameful and cruel and stupid and unwomanly. Kindred of the Dust And just as womanly purity and innocence quail before unwomanly self-assertion and voluptuousness, so manly loyalty and unselfishness give way before unmanly treachery and self-seeking. Elizabethan Demonology Madge did not believe her motive, her purpose, to be unwomanly. A Young Girl's Wooing Nor is there any thing in the Christian civilization of our present century that condemns the kind of life we are describing, as in any respect unwomanly or unbecoming. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel I was thinking how unmotherly, I had almost said unwomanly, you looked. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California That which I have to say to you is a thing strange—as it may seem unwomanly. Red Axe If he thought her unwomanly because she talked about her woman's life,--the very life to which he was inviting her,--nothing she could say would change his mind. The Precipice As we have seen, she was quite free from that most unwomanly phase of stupidity which is often due to the heart rather than the head. A Young Girl's Wooing And when it was discovered that she was secretly studying law, and was ambitious to stand side by side with her brother at the bar, smiles and sneers rebuked her "unwomanly" aspirations. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights I am not unwomanly, señor, although I confess I do not understand babies and do detest to sew. The Doomswoman An Historical Romance of Old California "You must not think it unwomanly in me to come," she said. Wife in Name Only The unwomanly lack of coyness which Medea displays when she practically proposes to Jason, expecting him to marry her out of gratitude, is copied after the Nausicäa of the Odyssey. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Yet it is done every day, and all lost; and if women who see their children and themselves thus reduced to poverty, complain, they are stigmatized as fretful, unwomanly grumblers. Woman: Man's Equal Then they were adjudged immodest, and their conduct denounced as unwomanly and demoralizing. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights My mother remonstrated, opined I would be a great unwomanly tomboy. My Brilliant Career It shows, he thinks, a "frivolous nature," or "a desire to attract," or a "tendency to flirt," or, it is "unwomanly," or "unworthy a true woman." From a Girl's Point of View "I feared that you, too, might have misjudged me—there in the woods at SÂes—that I had cheapened myself to you—that I had been unwomanly." Madcap Such education would make the girl unwomanly, it would unfit her for her true functions, a man could not wish to marry her, and so on. The Trade Union Woman We must all suffer and rejoice together,—but let there be no unmanly or unwomanly fear of bloodshed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 What I said was nasty and unwomanly, and I wish I had left it unsaid. My Brilliant Career Esther, hush! my child; you must not talk so, it sounds unwomanly—unchristian. The Garies and Their Friends You think defiance unwomanly, and so do I; but it was for once only, and I felt that my brother had no right to question me. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Her husband, The-au-o-too, a warrior favorably inclined toward the white man, was thoughtful and attentive; and the good minister wondered that the savage did not restrain these unwomanly demonstrations upon his squaw's part. The Lost Trail "There!" says she, and taking the most unwomanly oaths upon her tongue, bade me begone and carry it to the Judas who had sent me. Master of Ballantrae I had done a mean unwomanly thing in thus striking a man, who by his great strength and sex was debarred retaliation. My Brilliant Career Our colour, too, Unladylike, but not unwomanly, Is Nature's handiwork, and man has learnt To reckon Nature an impertinence. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan Should she act in any way unwisely, staying up too late, living foolishly, trying the silly and unwomanly habit of cigarette smoking, don't criticise the habit. Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers He added, "And I know it wasn't anything bad—anything unwomanly." Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise And then to cant about it being unwomanly to work in the higher professions. Beyond the City I suppose this is what you would call unwomanly; but I have got into a habit of expressing myself. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories Would you think me unwomanly if I slip it on for a second, before I can say for sure? A Girl of the Limberlost I don't want you to think me unwomanly. The Indian Lily and Other Stories There must be something wild and unwomanly in her nature. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise It is womanly enough to starve, but unwomanly to use the brains which God has given them. Beyond the City It is as bad for a young girl to permit herself to be educated into one of those bold, unwomanly woman's-rights girls as it is for her to be frivolous and empty-headed. Star-Dust "It would be unwomanly not to think of them." The Brown Mask As it was, with very proud apology, she made the necessity of her case understood: her object was bread and butter, not any of these new Woman's Rights—unwomanly, bourgeoise! Southern Lights and Shadows She did not express any sympathy for her father, then languishing under arrest, whereby she proved herself very wicked and unwomanly, no doubt. Birds of Prey "Now, if you refuse to write a reply, I shall call upon all the gods; I shall announce to them this unwomanly act, and I shall invoke their malediction upon you!" Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints Do not blame What may appear a most unwomanly boldness. Poems I accept it; but oh, do not think me unwomanly! Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power We scorn your independent, out-spoken American women, Mr. Price; we think them bold and unwomanly, and do all we can to be as unlike them as possible. The Heavenly Twins Yes, it is weak, wicked, and unwomanly; yet I persist as relentlessly as any Indian on a war trail. Pauline's Passion and Punishment She felt and she knew, but feeling and knowledge did not frighten or make her weak, any more than the strength of her frame or of her spirit made her unwomanly. The Ghost Kings Would he misunderstand, think her unwomanly, attribute her hasty decision to a sordid desire for material gain, for the ease that would be hers, for the position that his name would give? The Shadow of the East She says, "Up to 1850 I had not taken position for suffrage, although I had shown the absurdity of regarding it as unwomanly." Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates And poor Demetria, driven by her weary, desolate life and torturing fears to make in vain this unwomanly proposal to a stranger! The Purple Land It would have been unlovely and unwomanly in Maggie not to be happy; not to be a little excited, not perhaps, sometimes, to have been a little trying. A Daughter of Fife But you have always been an unwomanly girl. Phantom Fortune, a Novel Oh, I am rightly punished for an unwomanly act. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire It was, if he chose so to accept it, an explanation of how she came to do so unwomanly a thing. Man Size And, after all, it was not unwomanly; for in all countries where they are not abject slaves it is permissible for women in some circumstances to propose marriage. The Purple Land But every body knows how bold and unwomanly the French females are. Home as Found It was a face of all too common a type in these days of cheap educational literature—the face of a womanly woman engaged in unwomanly work. The Sowers Her sly fun and gentle malice he resented as insulting, coarse, and unwomanly. The Iron Game A Tale of the War The fear of Ideala doing anything unwomanly was absurd, even to herself. Ideala Yes; I think dancing is unwomanly in public. The Hallam Succession Along with her good and queenly qualities and accomplishments, Elizabeth had many unamiable traits and unwomanly ways. General History for Colleges and High Schools That was not the phrase for such a girl as Miss Tulliver; it would have been more correct to say that she had been actuated by mere unwomanly boldness and unbridled passion. The Mill on the Floss Her dreams were bewildering, yet delicious, that night; but there ran through them all a feeling of shame that he should have detected her in those unwomanly clothes. Annette, the Metis Spy "An unwomanly woman is such a dreadful creature," Claudia added, apologetically. Ideala Discontent, to be sure, is as unmanly as it is unwomanly; but I fear it is an ill more widely spread among girls than among boys. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out From babyhood they are given to understand that helplessness is feminine and beautiful; helpfulness, except in certain received forms of manifestation, unwomanly and ugly. Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children She reproached herself for her imprudence, her temerity, her unwomanly conduct, in having given away her heart to a man who she again began to torment herself by believing had never desired it. Thaddeus of Warsaw As for there being anything unwomanly in her occupation, such an idea never entered her head. The Iron Woman Lady Douglas of Lochleven," said the Queen, "in this moment thou canst not offend me—no, not even by thy coarse and unwomanly language, held to me in the presence of menials and armed retainers. The Abbot But all this climbing, and striding, and shouting, womanly enough at times, become most unwomanly under certain circumstances, especially in the home. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out And as to the second, considering her vile, unwomanly wickedness, and her endeavours to instigate you more to ruin me, when your returning goodness seemed to have some compassion upon me, it is still harder. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Though her handsome face might often express much that was unlovely and unwomanly, it ever expressed mind. From Jest to Earnest I suppose all women would say it's awfully unwomanly of me to lead up to his cards in this way—throwing myself at his head they'd call it; but what does that matter? Philistia I hope not so, good neighbour; pray, for your poor children's sakes, do not so unwomanly cast away yourself. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 If it's no work for a woman then I suppose it follows that I'm unwomanly. Roast Beef, Medium I have done what you perhaps, will consider a very unwomanly act. Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error He would think her unwomanly and, strangely enough, with that thought she began to feel that she must have his good opinion. Her Weight in Gold There are nobly wise ones and some foolish ones among them, for we are back in the strange days when it was considered 'unwomanly' for women to have minds. What Every Woman Knows How can I go on hereafter amusing myself in what now seems a vulgar, base, unwomanly way? An Original Belle I know, and you might know," Mildred continued, "if you chose, that you cannot charge me with one unwomanly act, but your look and manner toward me are both unwomanly and unchristian. Without a Home I don’t think I should like them, for they must be dry, cold, unsympathetic, unemotional, unwomanly creatures.’ A Duet, with an Occasional Chorus Forgive above all the young woman of the party, who is not satisfied with a wound already but looks forward with unwomanly zest to further fighting! The Eye of Zeitoon No—Innocent is certainly not 'blue,'" she said, sweetly—"If by that term you mean 'advanced' or in any way unwomanly. Innocent : her fancy and his fact You did mean kindly by Merwyn, and you gave him, without being unwomanly, the best chance he could possibly have to throw off the incubus that is burdening his life. An Original Belle My dear little girl, don't get bold and unwomanly. Without a Home As for your curiosity, it is both ill-timed and unwomanly. Agatha Webb You will not think me unwomanly for coming with you as I am. Graustark She knew very well that to have acted otherwise than she did when Mr. Glascock came to her at Nuncombe Putney would have proved her to be heartless, selfish, and unwomanly. He Knew He Was Right How unwomanly and repulsive it all seems, as that man put it! An Original Belle It would be cruel, selfish, and unwomanly to desert him because of his misfortune. Without a Home “But— if it be love, then that love is strange and unwomanly; it is a love that will not be for his good...” I Will Repay Join a club where there's some scoundrel who guaranteed my daughter to be an unwomanly woman! The Philanderer "What do you know about me, that you say I am unwomanly and cold?" The Hidden Children Was the ignorant girl justified in quoting her example in extenuation of a course that to a plain and equally ignorant man seemed unwomanly to the last degree? An Original Belle She called them "mercenary, worldly, unwomanly flirts," and felt herself much their superior. Work: a Story of Experience He said that he could not possibly let her fly when she became a woman, that then it would be 'unwomanly' and 'unlovely' and 'uncharming' and 'unfascinating.' Angel Island The unwomanly women who work for their living and know how to take care of themselves never give any trouble. The Philanderer The appearance of dislike was assumed as a mask, and the distance and reserve she displayed towards him were the offspring of a false pride and unwomanly self-esteem. Home Lights and Shadows There was nothing trifling, mean, or unwomanly about her. The Allen House Miss Nunn he judged 'unwomanly,' and hoped in secret that Monica would not long remain on terms of friendship with her. The Odd Women That was unwomanly, but I could not help it. The Malady of the Century It was not merely unladylike; it was unwomanly. Mr. Hogarth's Will I will have nothing in common with the Messalina who desecrates her sovereignty by the commission of every unwomanly crime; and as for Frederick of Prussia, I mistrust him. Joseph II. and His Court But consider, ladies, a man is not the meanest of the brute creation, so how can he be an unwomanly female? Peg Woffington They want to make women unwomanly, to make them unfit for the only duties women ought to perform. The Odd Women How well everything he did became him; his firing up—his _brusquerie—_the very movements of his body, all so piquant, charming, and unwomanly! A Woman-Hater The very tones she spoke in were harsh and unwomanly. Antonina It grieves me bitterly to find you so unwomanly. Joseph II. and His Court Is it unwomanly to be thoughtful and businesslike and sensible? Man and Superman I am glad that I can show girls the way to a career which my opponents call unwomanly. The Odd Women It did not seem to her that she was doing anything unusual or unwomanly. The Hermit of Far End It is to anger, disease, and crime—to the unappeasable and unwomanly Goisvintha, that we now revert. Antonina Her mother thought her lifeless and insensible; she even went so far as to call her unwomanly in her indifference to what any other woman would regard as an opportunity for a brilliant career. That Fortune She must have the muscle of an Amazon—it's downright unwomanly. Beatrice "Major Grantly has been very good to me," she said, and then she hated herself for having uttered words which were so tame and unwomanly in their spirit. The Last Chronicle of Barset He was inured to these invasions on the part of Cecile Deshaix and to the bold, unwomanly advances that repelled him. The Trampling of the Lilies How dared I, unwomanly that I am, reject the hand I worship for sake of a hand I should loathe in the very act of accepting it? The Golden Dog "All the same, she is a little too—I hardly like to say unwomanly, but she behaved most strangely when the Emersons arrived." A Room with a View Poor Mary! she had to fly round and get up what she could; Mrs. Winthrop devoted herself to Ernest with a persistent ignoring of me that I thought rude and unwomanly. Stepping Heavenward I know I am going to do what would by the world be counted unwomanly; but you and I stand before our Father, not before the world. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald O nay, by God I lie; *unwomanly woman Fy, fiendlike spirit! for I dare well tell, Though thou here walk, thy spirit is in hell. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The tiresome idiot who argues that smoking is unwomanly denounces the drinking of tea as unmanly. The Angel and the Author, and others But I feel as though never in my life have I done a thing that is as near being familiar and unwomanly. The Choir Invisible She had always hated herself for her lack of tears; it was so unwomanly. All Roads Lead to Calvary Not long ago it was considered unwomanly in Germany for a lady to be able to do the outside edge. Three Men on the Bummel That was a corker for the old fashioned man: he said it wasn't fair—-unwomanly and all the rest of it. You Never Can Tell There were ladies in those day too “unwomanly” to remain helpless burdens on overworked fathers and mothers, too “unsexed” to marry the first man that came along for the sake of their bread and butter. The Angel and the Author, and others She would be unwomanly, dead to all shame, almost inhuman, were she to allow herself again to indulge in love after all the havoc she had made. The Prime Minister But, in your heart of hearts, you probably consider my conduct both unwomanly and unbecoming, for it is true that we hardly know each other. The Coming Conquest of England A woman is not unwomanly because she confronts danger boldly. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Old Time English He heard Dave asking Honey what was the matter with her, heard the unwomanly reply of the girl, heard her curse Pop for his neglect of the kitchen stove at that hour of the morning. Cow-Country I am not satisfied with the statement that my daughter must have unwomanly powers because she has unwomanly wrongs. What's Wrong with the World Put aside all thought of things I have said, and don't be restrained by any fear lest you should seem to me unwomanly—you can't be that. New Grub Street All of which is most unwomanly; for is not marriage woman's highest aim, and home her true sphere? Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed I cannot make you understand that it is unwomanly—do not turn away. Betty Zane Perhaps the unwomanly nature of the science made her instinctively wish to conceal her love of it. Night and Day Many voteless women regard a vote as unwomanly. What's Wrong with the World |
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