Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Like a woman; womanly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like a woman; womanly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Befitting or characteristic of a woman.
  • adjective Resembling a woman; feminine; (of a man) effeminate.
  • adverb In a manner perceived to be characteristic of a woman.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female
  • adjective resembling a woman

Etymologies

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From woman +‎ -like.

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Examples

  • He did not relish being called womanlike -- few men do; but he was bound to admit that the elder man's criticism was more or less just.

    Jason Justus Miles Forman 1895

  • These you may possibly laugh at, and call womanlike considerations; but so, my dear friend, I feel, and I never could conceal the sentiments of my heart.

    Memoirs Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de 1837

  • These you may possibly laugh at, and call womanlike considerations; but so, my dear friend, I feel, and I never could conceal the sentiments of my heart.

    Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier Lafayette 1795

  • Currently she is starring as a womanlike Jason Voorhees (Angela Baker in her case) in dual Friday a 13th travesty films - Sleepaway Camp II as good as III.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • It's a womanlike version of Ron Howard's Backdraft despite it is set in Baltimore MD rsther than than Pittsburgh PA.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • Like in many species, a womanlike appears to be captivated to a strongest in a group.

    'Jersey Shore' recap: Ruined relationships, but perfect hair | EW.com admin 2009

  • That's funny in itself./lipbr/plib I have copiousness of womanlike friends ...

    Archive 2009-10-01 admin 2009

  • Like in many species, a womanlike appears to be captivated to a strongest in a group.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • It's a womanlike version of Ron Howard's Backdraft despite it is set in Baltimore MD rsther than than Pittsburgh PA.

    TV Anime Guide for Nov 09 Updated 1 Nov 09 admin 2009

  • Currently she is starring as a womanlike Jason Voorhees (Angela Baker in her case) in dual Friday a 13th travesty films - Sleepaway Camp II as good as III.

    TV Anime Guide for Nov 09 Updated 1 Nov 09 admin 2009

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