womanly
adjective
like or befitting a woman; feminine; not masculine or girlish.
womanness
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a word derived from
womanly.
Example Sentences
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Shaving my legs is my own crash course in the oral history of my Black womanness and the beauty I have ignored.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021
“My womanness has led me into those action-packed two minutes of tense terror that you feel when you’re facing some kind of dreaded situation. That’s the way that I think horror has to work.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
I made a choice recently, amid the national conversation on and protests for racial justice in this country, that I'm here to be in your face with all of my Black womanness.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2020
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was unsure about whether Clinton "playing into her womanness," as Bee put it, helps or hinders her chances of winning.
From US News ● Oct. 25, 2016
They were women, PLUS, and so much plus that when they did not choose to let the womanness appear, you could not find it anywhere.
From Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
