I read a womanly expression on her face.
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Womanly
//ˈwʊmənli//
Synonyms for "womanly" (23 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Strong matches (7)
Related words (11)
Related word relations
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Translations
75 translations across 44 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نِسَوِيّ adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Aromanian
1 entries- muljirescu adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Belarusian
2 entries- жано́цкі adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- жано́чы adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Bulgarian
2 entries- же́нски adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- же́нствен adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 女子氣 /女子气 adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Czech
1 entries- ženský adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Danish
1 entries- kvindelig adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Esperanto
1 entries- virina adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Finnish
1 entries- naisellinen adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
French
1 entries- féminin adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Georgian
2 entries- დედაკაცური adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- ქალური adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
German
2 entries- fraulich adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- weiblich adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Greek
1 entries- γυναικείος adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Hindi
1 entries- स्रैण adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Hungarian
1 entries- nőies adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Indonesian
1 entries- betina adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Irish
1 entries- banúil adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Italian
4 entries- donnesco adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- femmineo adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- femminile adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- femminino adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Japanese
1 entries- 女らしい adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Korean
2 entries- 녀자답다 adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- 여자답다 adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Latin
1 entries- muliebris adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Latvian
3 entries- sieviešu adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- sievišķs adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- sievišķīgs adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Macedonian
2 entries- женски adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- женствен adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Manx
1 entries- benoil adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Middle Irish
1 entries- banamail adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kvinnelig adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kvinneleg adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Old English
1 entries- wīflīċ adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Pashto
1 entries- ښځينه adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Persian
1 entries- زنانه adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Polish
3 entries- babi adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- kobiecy adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- żeński adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Portuguese
1 entries- feminino adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Romanian
3 entries- femeiesc adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- feminin adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- muieresc adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Russian
4 entries- ба́бий adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- же́нский adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- же́нственный adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- женоподо́бный adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- banail adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- žènskī adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- жѐнскӣ adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Slovak
1 entries- ženský adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Slovene
1 entries- ženski adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Spanish
4 entries- adamado adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- afeminado adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- ahembrado adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- amujerado adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Swedish
1 entries- kvinnlig adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Tajik
1 entries- занона adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Turkish
1 entries- kadınsı adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Ukrainian
4 entries- жінкоподі́бний adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- жіно́цький adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- жіно́чий adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
- жіно́чний adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Yakut
1 entries- дьахтардыы adj (having the characteristics of a woman)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
She incarnates all womanly virtues.
Source: tatoeba (310333)
Gladys was full of every womanly quality.
Source: tatoeba (6622211)
But under all her sparkle there was a strongly felt undercurrent of true, womanly sympathy and kind-heartedness which won affection as easily as her brilliancy won admiration. Nor did she monopolize the conversation. She could draw others out as skillfully and fully as she could talk herself.
Source: tatoeba (9770461)
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