womanly
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English womanly, wommanly, wommanlich, wummonlich, wommanlych, equivalent to woman + -ly.
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Adjective[edit]
womanly (comparative womanlier, superlative womanliest)
- Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
- I know that the sound of it moved me more even than her words, it was so very human - so very womanly.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149:
- "What I mean, a woman who doesn't go in for booze and sport and cigarettes. Man gets sick of these tough flappers. Give me a womanly woman every time. As I said before, I could see at a glance that you were a thoroughly womanly woman."
- (rare) Female.
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Translations[edit]
having the characteristics of a woman
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Adverb[edit]
womanly (comparative more womanly, superlative most womanly)
- In the manner of a woman.
Middle English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
womanly
- Alternative form of wommanly
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