Dictionary Entry

womanly

Part of Speech: adjectiveUsed In Literature ↓

Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female.

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Common Phrases

. womanlywoman womanlyvirtues womanlytenderness womanlynature womanlybeauty womanlywomanly true

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Poetry examples for “womanly”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

And she's so much, it seems to me,
Beyond all women womanly,
I dread to think how he should fare

Grows to a nuptial, near degree
With all that's fair and womanly.
Therefore, as more than friends, we met,

And yet to see her so benign,
So honourable and womanly,
In every maiden kindness mine,

'A moment,--I pray your attention!--I have a poor word in my head
I must utter, though womanly custom would set it down better unsaid.

Twenty-eight young men and all so friendly;
Twenty-eight years of womanly life and all so lonesome.