womanly 
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wom·anly (-lē)
adjective
- like a woman; womanish
- characteristic of or fit for a woman; womanlike
adverb
Related Forms:
- womanliness wom′·an·li·ness noun
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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
womanly
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Antonyms
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Modifies a noun
- nature: The phases of the womanly nature are infinite in their variety.
Modifying Another Word
- quite: My lover recenly bought an overbust corset and he has quite womanly hips so it fits rather snug.
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Shall there be womanly times? Or shall we die?
This mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights' with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor sex is bent, forgetting everysense of womanly feeling and propriety. Lady Amberley ought to get a good whipping.
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