womanly

comparative womanlier · superlative womanliest · alternative womonly · alternative womynly

1. Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

   I know that the sound of it moved me more even than her words, it was so very human - so very womanly.

   1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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   "What I mean, a woman who doesn't go in for booze and sport and cigarettes. Man gets sick of these tough flappers. Give me a womanly woman every time. As I said before, I could see at a glance that you were a thoroughly womanly woman."

   1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149

2. rareFemale.

alternative womonly · alternative womynly

1. In the manner of a woman.

   Synonyms: womanlily