Femininity: alternatives and connections

Characteristic quality of a woman, such as softness, luxuriousness, delicacy, or weakness, which is unbecoming a man; womanish delicacy or softness;…

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The state of being effeminate; unmanly softness.

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The quality or state of being ladylike.

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The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.

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The quality or state of being soft; -- opposed to hardness, and used in the various specific senses of the adjective.

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Like a woman; womanly.

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The quality or state of being womanly.

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A stroke; a touch.

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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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The state of being a woman or of possessing full womanly powers; womanhood; -- correlate of virility.

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The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

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The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

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