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Recent Examples of womanly Vice President Harris is depicted as Jezebel, the epitome of womanly wickedness who meets a grisly end. Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 2024 Jean Jinho Kim distills womanly form to pairs of boots stylized from metal pipes, powder-coated for an industrial sheen. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 14 June 2024 Fellow Ukrainians, male and female, regularly accuse them of being women or womanly in social media posts and to their faces. Olga Oliker, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2022 Famous as a prison reformer and Quaker at the turn of the 19th century, Fry is another who, like Nightingale, has been presented as the epitome of womanly virtues. Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for womanly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanly
Adjective
  • The women’s Blue Tab collection emphasizes sophisticated denim tailoring and feminine craftsmanship.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 2 May 2025
  • For me, kilts, pearls, shirts on the head, these are all things that were meant to be like, emasculated and meant to look feminine.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • The boys club that comprises this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class also contains a female solo musician who has always been a striking presence: Cyndi Lauper.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The 1976 song was a subversive celebration of female sexuality and rejection of the patriarchy by an all-female band.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Womanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanly. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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