unwomanly

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ womanly.

Adjective

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unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

  1. Not womanly; unfeminine.
    • 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 147:
      She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while.

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Adverb

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unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

  1. In a manner unbecoming a woman.