Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a feminine manner; as or like a woman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a feminine manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a feminine manner.

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Examples

  • Dressing modestly and femininely is one of the easiest and funnest (?) ways to combat it!

    18th and 19th Century Country Women 2009

  • When we left the store I asked him if I was decorating too "femininely" and he said no.

    Something Nice 2007

  • My mother expressed her love of beauty domestically and femininely by the way she set a table, decorated her home, her personal grooming, and her style in dress.

    Rachael Freed: A Legacy of Beauty Rachael Freed 2011

  • Like the lady who commented re hats and gloves, I love the beauty of it all ... and we can reclaim our freedom to dress modestly and femininely, it's our God given right, after all - all the naysayers crow on about their 'rights', let's mount a little revolution of our own, one lady at a time.

    Painting Inspired Dress # 1 2009

  • My mother expressed her love of beauty domestically and femininely by the way she set a table, decorated her home, her personal grooming, and her style in dress.

    Rachael Freed: A Legacy of Beauty Rachael Freed 2011

  • If you are interested in dressing more femininely, as opposed to masculinely, then look at the collars.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • If you are interested in dressing more femininely, as opposed to masculinely, then look at the collars.

    Painting Inspired Dress # 1 2009

  • I have so much enjoyed all the encouragement and discussion on dressing modestly and femininely.

    The Long, Modest Gowns Painted by Peter Severin Kroyer (1851-1909) 2009

  • There I stand in a gown and high heels, tresses piled femininely atop my head, and yet my shoulders slump forward like a pitcher on the mound, my forehead crumples, and I become decidedly resolute as I recite my carefully composed vows:

    Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

  • Including these recent wonderful subjects, dressing femininely and caring for our health, could you address even more ways to 'love our husbands'.

    The Colorful Garments Painted by Eugene de Blaas (1815-1894) 2009

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