unwomanly

English

Etymology

un- +‎ womanly

Adjective

unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

Not womanly; unfeminine.
- 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 147:
  She had been told that she would feel very unwomanly, very unlike herself, for a while.

Translations

unfeminine

Finnish: epänaisellinen (fi)
Irish: míbhanúil
Manx: meevenoil
Scottish Gaelic: mì-bhanail
Swedish: okvinnlig (sv)

Adverb

unwomanly (comparative more unwomanly, superlative most unwomanly)

In a manner unbecoming a woman.

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