| ADJECTIVE | all | womanly, feminine | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman |
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| Meaning | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman. | |
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| Example | "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" | |
| Synonym | feminine | |
| Narrower | matronly | befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman |
| womanlike | resembling a woman | |
| Opposite | unwomanly | not womanly |
| Spanish | femenino | |
| Nouns | woman | an adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
| womanliness | the trait of being womanly | |
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