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womanwise en · ADV

Etymology

From woman + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the manner of a woman.
    • They listen, yet do not hear, / not their way, not womanwise. 1971, Poetry New Zealand, volume 1, page 100:
    • Jim will put you on a man's saddle; it isn't safe to ride the Grizzly Bear trail womanwise. 1900, Hamlin Garland, Her Mountain Lover: