womanfully
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of womanfully
1815–25; woman + (man)fully ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Vira Slywotzky was a suitably musicianly and intensely sympathetic Composer, and Megan Hart coped womanfully with Zerbinetta's near-impossible stratospherics.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2010
Hot tears are an apt response: the two most innocent characters die; the others grieve and carry on womanfully.
From Time Magazine Archive
You may be sure that Jessie handles it womanfully, and that Carll shows up when it is over, wringing his dry hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
She twirled the handle of the sunshade round and round, and strove womanfully to keep her thoughts fixed on the subject on hand, and away from that thrilling “when I marry.”
From Flaming June by A. Gilbert
The only way to do when it overtakes one is to grapple with it womanfully, for it will happen, even in the best regulated families.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
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