What does unsexlike mean?
Unsexlike means (archaic) Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman)..
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(archaic) Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman)..
Her pleasant tutor, for such I must call Master Ascham, hath writ that nothing could distract her from these her wondrous and unsexlike studies.
[…] the bigotry of Mary, and the unsexlike despotism of her sister Tudor […]
Use unsexlike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unsexlike means (archaic) Not befitting a person's sex; unmanly (for a man) or unwomanly (for a woman)..
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Her pleasant tutor, for such I must call Master Ascham, hath writ that nothing could distract her from these her wondrous and unsexlike studies.
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