womanliness

/ˈwʊmənlɪnəs/

womanliness

English Noun
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Definition

The condition of being a woman; femininity.

Etymology

From womanly + -ness.

Example Sentences

  • "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."
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