Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or characteristic of sex, especially of the female sex.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Pertaining to sex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Relating to
gender .
Etymologies
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sex + -ly
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Examples
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But should I ascribe any of these things to myself or my sexly weakness, I were not worthy to live, and of all most unworthy of the mercies I have received at God's hands, but to God only and wholly all is given and ascribed.
A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools Percy Lubbock 1922
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But should I ascribe any of these things unto my selfe, or my sexly weaknesse, I were not worthy to line, and of all most unworthy of the mercies I have received at Gods hands but to God onely and wholly all is given and ascribed.
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