effeminately

Variant of effeminate

adjective

  1. having the qualities generally attributed to women, as weakness, timidity, delicacy, etc.; unmanly; not virile
  2. characterized by such qualities; weak; soft, decadent, etc.: effeminate art

Origin: ME effeminat < L effeminatus pp. of effeminare, to make womanish < ex-, out + femina, a woman: see female

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