effeminate
adjective
(of a man or boy) having traits, tastes, habits, etc., traditionally considered feminine, as softness or delicacy.
effeminately
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a word derived from
effeminate.
Example Sentences
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But then there are her fragile-looking hands gathered effeminately, self-protectively at her heart.
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2012
When, says Reynolds, mustachioed Czar Peter the Great rebuked a Western ambassador for being effeminately clean-shaven, the envoy pertly retorted: "Had my royal master measured wisdom by the beard, he would have sent a goat."
From Time Magazine Archive
For all her modernity there was something about her that was peculiarly medieval, masculinely girlish rather than effeminately boyish.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
Enter Sardanapalus effeminately dressed, his Head crowned with Flowers, and his Robe negligently flowing, attended by a Train of Women and young Slaves.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
Marius had, indeed, there, about Misenum, a villa more effeminately and luxuriously furnished than seemed to become one that had seen service in so many and great wars and expeditions.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
