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old-womanishly

old-womanishly adverb: in the manner or style of an old woman.

Adverb

old-womanishly (comparative more old-womanishly, superlative most old-womanishly)

  1. In the manner or style of an old woman.
    • He was excessively careful, old-womanishly apprehensive.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 112

Forms of old-womanishly

comparativemore old-womanishly
superlativemost old-womanishly

Questions about old-womanishly

What does old-womanishly mean?
Old-womanishly means in the manner or style of an old woman.
What part of speech is old-womanishly?
Old-womanishly is an adverb.

Words near old-womanishly in the dictionary

  1. old-timiest
  2. old-timy
  3. old-wifish
  4. old-wivish
  5. old-womanish
  6. old-womanishly
  7. old-world
  8. old-worldly
  9. Oldaker
  10. Oldakers
  11. Oldambt

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