womanliness

W4O1M3A1N1L1I1N1E1S1S1
/ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/

noun

The condition of being a woman; femininity.

Similar
womanlike
Opposite
manliness
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Meanings

nounwomanliness (countable and uncountable, plural womanlinesses)

plural womanlinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe condition of being a woman; femininity.

    As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then.

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
manliness

nounthe trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female

Similar
womanlike
Broader
femininitymuliebrity
Also see
muliebritywomanhoodwomanlikewomanlikeness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From womanly + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

womanliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanliness

MLA

“womanliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanliness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanliness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanliness.

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