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womanlike

[woom-uhn-lahyk] / ˈwʊm ənˌlaɪk /


ADJECTIVE
effeminate
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Womanlike, Florence Rogers, 39, a 5-ft. 7-in. woman of 123 lbs., went right ahead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Womanlike, she apprised it in inverse ratio to its obtrusiveness; the less that was asked of her, the less she thought it worth while to give.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Womanlike, she wanted to comfort him for the loss and in so doing ease her own grief.

From Where the Sun Swings North by Willoughby, Barrett

Womanlike she vowed to be John's friend to the last, though knowing not his crime.

From Overshadowed A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)

Womanlike, she did not want to plunge into what might prove an abyss.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)




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