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womanlike

[ woom-uhn-lahyk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; woman, -like

Womanlike, she felt certain that the other girl was not good enough for David.

Womanlike, she tried to pay part of it by urging him to do something he considered impossible.

Womanlike, she turned to King in that minute and confided to him her very inmost thoughts.

Lady Laura had not a word more to say about Phineas to her father; but, womanlike, she resolved that she would not abandon him.

Womanlike, Doris Rives was thinking particularly rather than generally and of humans rather than abstractions.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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