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Recent Examples of womanly Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch. Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024 The goal was to be able to wear backless dresses or go out and not have to feel self-conscious about my boobs and my cleavage but still look womanly. Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024 Vice President Harris is depicted as Jezebel, the epitome of womanly wickedness who meets a grisly end. Hannah Allam, Washington Post, 13 July 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 See All Example Sentences for womanly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for womanly
Adjective
  • Seeing Laura’s discomfort with her, Cherry employs her feminine wiles to cause a fracture in Laura and Daniel’s connection.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Kate Middleton, Reese Witherspoon, and Joanna Gaines each have pretty distinct style — yet, this one feminine fashion detail spans all of their wardrobes.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The powers that be explained to me that in the audiobook, there would be no easy way to identify the bees’ chapters, which were designated with italics in the printed version, unless the narrator’s voice changed from female to male.
    Elizabeth Bass Parman, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The West Virginia native became the face of female boxing in the mid-1990s, covering Sports Illustrated and helping to bring attention and legitimacy to the sport.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Womanly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/womanly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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