womanlike
Americanadjective
Related Words
See womanly.
Other Word Forms
- unwomanlike adjective
Etymology
Origin of womanlike
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; woman, -like
Example Sentences
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“We wanted to make ourselves look pretty and attractive and womanlike, in spite of the uniform,” said Nina Shebalina, a mechanic in the 586th Regiment.
From Literature
The scientific word for enlarged male breasts is gynecomastia, from the Greek for “womanlike breasts.”
From Washington Post
Her work includes lovely descriptions of the physical realities of being a person, of having a body “soft and porous, receptive of fluid and sticky, womanlike in its oozy sliminess.”
From The New Yorker
I had made trouble enough for myself by jumping womanlike to conclusions, and imagining that the postscript of de Termes' letter to his wife referred to me, whereas it clearly concerned some one else.
From Project Gutenberg
He had possibly suffered a great sorrow, she decided; and, womanlike, longed to know the nature of the tragedy which had spoilt his life.
From Project Gutenberg
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