Definition of "effeminately" [ef•fem•i•nate•ly]

• In an effeminate manner. (adverb)

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• "Earlier than that, there were men who lived as permanent bachelors and had male lovers, men who dressed and behaved effeminately (what we would now categorize as queens, transvestites, or transsexuals) and there were men who had sex with other men but didn't see this behavior as anything really having to do with their personal identity."
• "Imagine being so effeminately offended by whistles and frightened of a bunch of women mimes???"
• ""Many heterosexual people do a lot to make it clear they are not gay, such as men not touching each other, or not behaving effeminately.""