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UNWOMANLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unwomanly mean?
• UNWOMANLY (adjective)
The adjective UNWOMANLY has 1 sense:
1. not womanly
Familiarity information: UNWOMANLY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not womanly
Context example:
the logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly
Similar:
hoydenish; tomboyish (used of girls; wild and boisterous)
mannish (resembling or imitative of or suggestive of a man rather than a woman)
unfeminine (not suitable for a woman)
Antonym:
womanly (befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman)
Context examples
It troubled her to remember that now, she wished she could take it back, it sounded so unwomanly.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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