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WOMANLINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does womanliness mean?

• WOMANLINESS (noun)
The noun WOMANLINESS has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: WOMANLINESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WOMANLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

womanliness ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

The trait of being womanly; having the characteristics of an adult female

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

womanlike; womanliness

Hypernyms ("womanliness" is a kind of...):

femininity; muliebrity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women)

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