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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unwomanly en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + womanly.

Meanings

  1. Not womanly; unfeminine.
    • She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while. 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 147:

Forms

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most unwomanly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unwomanly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unwomanliness

Translations (5)

fi epänaisellinen (unfeminine) · gd mì-bhanail (unfeminine) · sv okvinnlig (unfeminine) · ga míbhanúil (unfeminine) · gv meevenoil (unfeminine)

unwomanly en · ADV

Etymology

From un- + womanly.

Meanings

  1. In a manner unbecoming a woman.

Forms

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most unwomanly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unwomanly Degree=Cmp lexicographic