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Meanings of womanly in inglês

português
feminina
espanhol
femenino

Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman.

Related terms
feminina
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Examples for "feminine"
Examples for "feminine"
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Or his masculinity. Rose's new collection featured all manner of 'feminine' detail.
BBC
2
They seem to need a great many models, mostly young and feminine-
The King in Yellow
3
Jeep was often discounted because she was young, quite pretty, and feminine.
A nose for justice
4
The feminine side is chiefly embodied in the mazurkas and the nocturnes.
Chopin and Other Musical Essays
5
Both tendencies are eminently feminine; the affinity lies in a hysterical nature.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
Usage of womanly in inglês
1
It was but a womanly trick in the virgin daughter of Zeus.
Philothea: A Grecian Romance
2
Felix translated her simple message to them in its pure womanly goodness.
The Great Taboo
3
In Christ, manly and womanly characteristics were united, and were in equipoise.
The True Woman / A Series of Discourses, to Which Is Added Woman...
4
The womanly women lift up their hands in horror of such blasphemy.
The Angel and the Author, and Others
5
The womanly instinct toward adornment had in her taken this childish turn.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
6
Sanderson is enthusiastic in his praises of her bravery and womanly unselfishness.
Katie Robertson / A Girls Story of Factory Life
7
Her womanly feelings were aroused by the condition of the ragged wound.
The Wings of the Morning
8
A truly womanly girl is genuine in what she says and does.
Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! Helps for Girls, in School and Out
9
The responsibility, sweet as it was, made her womanly, made her grave.
John Halifax, Gentleman
10
Edmund left looking relieved to get away from all this womanly grief.
The witch of agnesi
11
He was stout, resolute, and ambitious; his wife womanly and well dressed.
The Harris-Ingram Experiment
12
Amalia persisted in asking, and began to be afflicted with womanly curiosity.
Vittoria — Volume 7
13
Clara was tall and thin and supple, with a graceful, womanly figure.
Beyond the City
14
Every feeling of womanly shame vanished before the threatening shadow of death.
Olive: A Novel
15
The pale life-weary young man was alone with the sweet womanly savage.
An Algonquin Maiden: A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada
16
The old types of womanly perfection are no longer helpful to us.
The Odd Women
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Translations for womanly
espanhol
femenino
Womanly through the time
Womanly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common