Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an effeminate manner; womanishly; weakly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.
- adverb rare By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.
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- adverb In an
effeminate manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Imagine being so effeminately offended by whistles and frightened of a bunch of women mimes???
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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.
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"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."
Left Wing: When Gay Bashers Are Gay, Why Do People Just Mock and Turn Away? 2010
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I constantly, usually very effeminately, speak with my hands.
Jessica Biel, Justin Long, and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Interview PLANET 51 – Collider.com 2009
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Still, softening is clearly the goal here, as is evidenced by Michelle's cuddling with her children and effeminately describing the stage as "full of color and light." print share
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It seems pedantic to point out that stereotyping every effeminately portrayed character as homosexual is a rather ugly claim on its own.
300, 7000, Whatever 2007
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Still, softening is clearly the goal here, as is evidenced by Michelle's cuddling with her children and effeminately describing the stage as "full of color and light." print share
Michelle Obama 2009
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Still, softening is clearly the goal here, as is evidenced by Michelle's cuddling with her children and effeminately describing the stage as "full of color and light." print share
Chris Matthews 2009
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I always wondered if he was amused or annoyed by how effeminately Williams drew him.
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In December, after months of being taunted, fifteen year old Lawrence King was killed in Los Angeles by a schoolmate who hated his effeminately gay way.
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