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Dictionary: wom·an·ly   (wʊm'ən-lē) pronunciation
adj., -li·er, -li·est.
  1. Having qualities generally attributed to a woman.
  2. Belonging to or representative of a woman; feminine: womanly attire. See synonyms at female.
womanliness wom'an·li·ness n.

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adjective

    Of, relating to, or characteristic of women: distaff, female, feminine, womanish. See gender.

Antonyms: womanly
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adj

Definition: feminine
Antonyms: masculine

adj

Definition: voluptuous
Antonyms: boyish


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman
  Synonym: feminine
  Antonym: unwomanly (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kvindelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrouwelijk

Français (French)
adj. - féminin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - fraulich, weiblich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γυναικείος, γυναικίστικος

Italiano (Italian)
femminile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - relativo à mulher

Русский (Russian)
женственный, свойственный или подобающий (взрослой) женщине

Español (Spanish)
adj. - femenino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kvinnlig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
像女人的, 有女子气质的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 像女人的, 有女子氣質的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 여자다운, 여성에게 어울리는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 女らしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نسوي, أنثوي, لائق بامرأة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נשי, כיאה לאישה‬


 
 
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