Womanly

Wom′an-ly

,

Adj.

Becoming a woman; feminine;

as,

womanly

behavior

.

Arbuthnot.

A blushing,

womanly

discovering grace.

Donne.

Wom′an-ly

,

adv.

In the manner of a woman; with the grace, tenderness, or affection of a woman.

Gascoigne.

Womanly

WOMANLY

,

Adj.

Becoming a woman; feminine; as womanly behavior.

A blushing womanly discovering grace.

WOMANLY

,

adv.

In the manner of a woman.

womanly

English

Alternative forms

womonly, womynly (feminist spellings; rare; see usage notes at woman)

Adjective

womanly ‎(comparative womanlier, superlative womanliest)

Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female.

Antonyms

masculine, male

Derived terms

womanliness

Translations

having the characteristics of a woman

Arabic: نِسَوِيّ ‎(nisawiyy)
Aromanian: muljirescu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 女子氣, 女子气 ‎(nǚzǐqì)
Czech: ženský (cs)
Esperanto: virina
French: féminin (fr)
Georgian: ქალური ‎(kaluri), დედაკაცური ‎(dedaḳacuri)
German: weiblich (de), fraulich
Greek: γυναικείος (el) ‎(gynaikeíos)
Hungarian: nőies (hu)
Irish: banúil
Japanese: 女らしい ‎(おんならしい, onnarashii)

Latvian: sievišķīgs, sievišķs, sieviešu (lv)
Manx: benoil
Old Irish: banamail
Pashto: ښځينه (ps) ‎(ẍëźina)
Persian: زنانه (fa) ‎(zanâne)
Polish: kobiecy (pl)
Portuguese: feminino (pt)
Romanian: feminin (ro) m, femeiesc (ro) m
Russian: же́нственный (ru) ‎(žénstvennyj), же́нский (ru) ‎(žénskij) (feminine), женоподо́бный (ru) ‎(ženopodóbnyj) (womanlike)
Scottish Gaelic: banail
Swedish: kvinnlig (sv)
Yakut: дьахтардыы ‎(caxtardıı)

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