womanly
adj/ˈwʊmənli/
Etymology
From Middle English womanly, wommanlich, wommanly, wommanlych, wummonlich, equivalent to woman + -ly (adjectival suffix).
- inherited from womanly,wommanlich,wommanly,wommanlych,wummonlich
Definitions
Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women
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.
- "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."
Female.
In the manner of a woman.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for womanly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA