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How to use womanly in a sentence

13 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Womanly means considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine. Example: “Give me a womanly woman every time.”

Examples of womanly by meaning

adjectiveConsidered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

  • Give me a womanly woman every time.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 149

More sentences with womanly

  • His bruises from the fight did funny things to her womanly instincts.2004, Emma Holly, Strange Attractions, →ISBN, page 265. From the entry jump someone's bones
  • With Mae West, coquettish dissemblance was out; womanly seductiveness was in.1980 December 22, Virginia Haradon, “Letters”, in Time. From the entry dissemblance
  • The LLL promotes the idea of good mothering through the womanly art of breastfeeding.1968 September 5, “La Leche League To Hear Report On Convention”, in The Norwalk Hour, page 9. From the entry LLL
  • Strapless longline bra, with wired underbust and flexible boning, smooths womanly curves.1953, Farm Journal, volume 77. From the entry longline
  • An initiated aboriginal man made womanly by sub-incision can imitate the womb's ability to open.1929, Nor Hall, Warren Royal Dawson, Brood Males. From the entry wombly
  • She struck him as at once chappish and womanly.2023, Richard Flanagan, Question 7, Knopf, page 35. From the entry chappish
  • I had never realized how womanly his lips are — a female reptile's razor slit, pursing in an unlizardlike way.2009, Alexander Stuart, The War Zone, page 164. From the entry unlizardlike
  • There is no womanly translation of guy and yet most women I know aspire to a certain level of guyhood.2000, Robert A. Schwegler, Patterns of Exposition 16, page 422. From the entry guyhood
  • Her free and easy association with her fellow nurses is prone to break down her womanly reserve and natural modesty.1919, Gertrude Harding, The Higher Aspect of Nursing, W. B. Saunders Company, pages 180–181. From the entry persnickety
  • So-al was a mighty fine-looking girl, built like a tigress as to strength and sinuosity, but withal sweet and womanly.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp.…. From the entry tigress
  • But against a special form for the feminine gender, all guardians of good English and womanly dignity will be unalterably opposed.[1905, Robert Grier Cooke, “VII. English”, in Casual Essays of The Sun: Editorial Articles on Many Subjects, Clothed with the Philosophy…. From the entry astronomeress
  • As if losing his maidenhead, Christ's body 'bursts' when entered, bringing forth a gush of blood that mars his white (womanly) skin.2009, The Milieu and Context of the Wooing Group, page 141. From the entry maidenhead

Meaning of womanly

  1. adjective Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.
  2. adjective Female.
  3. adverb In the manner of a woman.

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Questions about womanly in a sentence

How do you use womanly in a sentence?
Womanly is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “Give me a womanly woman every time.”
What is a short sentence with womanly?
“Give me a womanly woman every time.”
What does womanly mean?
Womanly means considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.

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