Woman-like

She left all the slapstick stupidity to the men, and conducted herself with as much dignity as her skimpy Wonder Woman-like outfit allowed.

View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006

Jalila, for instance, is a Wonder Woman-like hero who defends the City of All Faiths, where Jews, Christians and Muslims coexist peacefully.

Dove's Eye View: 2004

Woman-like, she thinks that it is only a passing storm which she can lull with caressing words.

Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama George Ainslie Hight

Woman-like, Grace would surely value much more the simple expression of approbation which fell from the lips, or was written by the hand of one whom she loved, than all the flatteries which the press heaped upon her, and the crowd endorsed.

Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands Eva Hope

Woman-like, she set more value on a few pleasant words of farewell over a breakfast-table and a warm handshake than on a defence from assault at the risk of a man's life.

Swirling Waters Max Rittenberg

Woman-like, instead of opening her battery at once, she wore

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866 Various

Woman-like, she aimed at the improvement of her own sex; but the reform which she inaugurated did not stop there.

Elizabeth Fry Mrs. E. R. Pitman

Woman-like, she was quick to notice the change in him, and her heart beat high with hope.

Adrien Leroy Charles Garvice

Woman-like, she wished to dip again lightly into the waters of pure emotion, even though she had such a short time before led the man out of their profoundest depths.

Triplanetary 1927

Woman-like, she was not nearly ready, and there was much bustling on the part of the repentant Marie -- who had been retained in spite of her share in the tragedy of Sir Marcus's death -- before we finally set out for Mrs. Wentworth's.

The Green Eyes of Bâst Sax Rohmer 1921