as in feminine
of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women
the photograph shows the silhouette of a full, womanlike figure framed against the backlight from an open farmhouse door
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Adjective
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Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026 -
But when Cox was bullied by her peers for acting too feminine, her teachers and mother blamed the abuse on her.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
Adjective
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As an openly gay man, Hockney explored erotic themes, giving youthful male bodies the same tender scrutiny that artists had been giving the female nude for centuries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Several people involved in the show’s production, most notably Saito, were initially opposed, believing that the mainstream young female audience the series was supposed to court would respond poorly to anything other than a heterosexual pairing.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
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“Womanlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanlike. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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