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comparative womanlier, superlative womanliest
Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine. quotations examples
I know that the sound of it moved me more even than her words, it was so very human - so very womanly.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887
"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."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, page 149
(rare) Female.
comparative more womanly, superlative most womanly
In the manner of a woman. examples