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unwomanly

unwomanly adjective: not womanly; unfeminine.

Adjective

unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

  1. Not womanly; unfeminine.
    • She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while.2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 147

Adverb

unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

  1. In a manner unbecoming a woman.

Forms of unwomanly

Adjective
comparativemore unwomanly
superlativemost unwomanly
Adverb
comparativemore unwomanly
superlativemost unwomanly

Origin of unwomanly

From un- + womanly.

Words formed from unwomanly

Questions about unwomanly

What does unwomanly mean?
Unwomanly means not womanly; unfeminine.
What part of speech is unwomanly?
Unwomanly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near unwomanly in the dictionary

  1. unwomanized
  2. unwomanizes
  3. unwomanizing
  4. unwomanlike
  5. unwomanliness
  6. unwomanly
  7. unwomanned
  8. unwomanning
  9. unwomans
  10. unwomb
  11. unwombed

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