Definition of "womanlike" []

• Resembling a woman: a womanlike stone image. (adjective)
• Belonging to or befitting a woman. See Synonyms at female. (adjective)

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• "He did not relish being called womanlike -- few men do; but he was bound to admit that the elder man's criticism was more or less just."
• "These you may possibly laugh at, and call womanlike considerations; but so, my dear friend, I feel, and I never could conceal the sentiments of my heart."
• "Like in many species, a womanlike appears to be captivated to a strongest in a group."