womanly
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English womanly, wommanly, wommanlich, wummonlich, wommanlych, equivalent to woman + -ly.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
womanly (comparative womanlier, superlative womanliest)
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TranslationsEdit
having the characteristics of a woman
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AdverbEdit
womanly (comparative more womanly, superlative most womanly)
- In the manner of a woman.
Middle EnglishEdit
AdjectiveEdit
womanly
- Alternative form of wommanly
ReferencesEdit
- “wommanli (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 April 2018.