Preposition: in

• appearance: In his human form, Tarou wears a scaled vest and bracers and earrings, and is extremely effeminate in appearance.

Modifies a noun

• man: Many women prefer the handsome middle aged man he is today, to the young, slightly effeminate man he was.

• manner: The national service tailor in our wing tailor shop had a rather effeminate manner.

• boy: But he was well cast as Paris, this role called for this type of effeminate spoiled boy.

• appearance: Looking at them, people tend to be struck by their oddly effeminate appearance.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: Many women prefer the handsome middle aged man he is today, to the young, slightly effeminate man he was.

• rather: The national service tailor in our wing tailor shop had a rather effeminate manner.

• very: I must admit that to my eye ' John ' does look very effeminate.

• extremely: In his human form, Tarou wears a scaled vest and bracers and earrings, and is extremely effeminate in appearance.

Used with adjective complement

• look: I must admit that to my eye ' John ' does look very effeminate.

• seem: In the past this has made Alex wonder whether he seems effeminate to black men or just to Marvin in particular.