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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

They were preachers to the corporate conscience of Israel, and dealt with subjects which the modern pulpit effeminately shuns.

From The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible by Newton, R. Heber

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 Coleridge, Ernest Hartley

I'm getting into the habit of doing everything so languidly, so effeminately, Jack, that I wonder sometimes if there is any masculine vigor left in me.

From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various