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Womanly Moderate

Womanly has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

"womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion"

2

Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

Adverb
1

In the manner of a woman.

Related Terms
Antonyms
unwomanly

Origin

This word comes from Middle English and is formed by adding the adjectival suffix -ly to woman. Its original meaning was "pertaining to a woman."

Rhyming Words
inly only winly manly nunly wanly sonly sunly noonly lionly soonly cornly vainly dernly evenly swanly openly mainly meanly gainly
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