What does manlessly mean?
Manlessly means (obsolete, rare) Inhumanly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(obsolete, rare) Inhumanly..
[L]et her vvounds / Manleſly digd in her, be eaſd and cur'd / VVith balme of thine ovvne teares: […]
Thus furie-like ſhe [Andromache] vvent, / Tvvo vvomen (as ſhe vvill'd) at hand; and made her quicke aſcent / Vp to the tovvre, and preaſſe of men; her ſpirit in vprore. Round / She caſt her greedy eye, and ſavv, her Hector ſlaine, and bound / T' Achilles chariot; manleſly, dragg'd to the Grecian fleet.
Use manlessly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Manlessly means (obsolete, rare) Inhumanly..
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[L]et her vvounds / Manleſly digd in her, be eaſd and cur'd / VVith balme of thine ovvne teares: […]
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