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unwomanly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English womanly English unwomanly From un- + womanly.

  1. Not womanly; unfeminine.

    “She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while.”

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English womanly English unwomanly From un- + womanly.

  1. In a manner unbecoming a woman.