as in feminine
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
the novelist displays a womanly sensitivity to the characters' feelings
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Recent Examples of womanly
Vice President Harris is depicted as Jezebel, the epitome of womanly wickedness who meets a grisly end.
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Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Jean Jinho Kim distills womanly form to pairs of boots stylized from metal pipes, powder-coated for an industrial sheen.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Fellow Ukrainians, male and female, regularly accuse them of being women or womanly in social media posts and to their faces.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
Famous as a prison reformer and Quaker at the turn of the 19th century, Fry is another who, like Nightingale, has been presented as the epitome of womanly virtues.
—Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Jean Jinho Kim distills womanly form to pairs of boots stylized from metal pipes, powder-coated for an industrial sheen.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
Fellow Ukrainians, male and female, regularly accuse them of being women or womanly in social media posts and to their faces.
—Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022
Famous as a prison reformer and Quaker at the turn of the 19th century, Fry is another who, like Nightingale, has been presented as the epitome of womanly virtues.
—Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanly
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One of Jeanne Lanvin’s most famous innovations was the robe de style, which could be seen as an ultra feminine response to the garçonne look embraced by flappers.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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Daniel and Gabriela Curti, a married couple visiting from Buenos Aires, Argentina, said R-Evolution captured the feminine strength and liberation Bay Area artist Marco Cochrane had sought to portray.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The boys club that comprises this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class also contains a female solo musician who has always been a striking presence: Cyndi Lauper.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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The 1976 song was a subversive celebration of female sexuality and rejection of the patriarchy by an all-female band.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Womanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanly. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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