womanlike

[ woom-uhn-lahyk ]

adjective

1. like a woman; womanly.

Other Words From

• un·woman·like adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of womanlike¹

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

Synonym Study

See womanly.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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Related Words

• female
• femalelike
• gentle
• soft
• tender
• womanish
• womanly