Womanliness

//ˈwʊmənlɪnəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a woman; femininity. countable, uncountable

    "As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then."

  2. 2
    the trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female wordnet

Synonyms

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femininitymuliebritywomanhoodwomanhoodwomanlikewomanlikeness

Example

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"As she walked along to-day, for all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then."

Etymology

From womanly + -ness.

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