old-womanishly

adverb

In the manner or style of an old woman.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbold-womanishly (comparative more old-womanishly, superlative most old-womanishly)

comparative more old-womanishly · superlative most old-womanishly

  1. In the manner or style of an old woman.

    He was excessively careful, old-womanishly apprehensive.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 112
Cite this entry
APA

old-womanishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-womanishly

MLA

“old-womanishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-womanishly. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “old-womanishly,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old-womanishly.

Source: old-womanishly on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.