womanly

[US]/'wʊmənlɪ/
[UK]/'wʊmənli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. med egenskaper tradisjonelt forbundet med kvinner

Example Sentences

I've got a womanly figure.

Jeg har en kvinneskikkelse.

her smooth, womanly skin.

hennes glatte, kvinneskinn.

She showed a womanly concern for their health.

Hun viste en kvinneaktig bekymring for deres helse.

womanly attire.See Synonyms at feminine

kvinneaktig klesdrakt. Se Synonymer under feminin

The sight of him filled her with a womanly sympathy.

Synet av ham fylte henne med kvinneaktig medfølelse.

Real-world Examples

One guy who's evidently intimidated by full-sized womanly breasts.

En mann som åpenbart er intimert av store, kvinnelige bryster.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

She was more attractive, better educated and more womanly.

Hun var mer attraktiv, bedre utdannet og mer kvinneelig.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

She looked more adult and womanly than she really was.

Hun så mer voksen og kvinneelig ut enn hun egentlig var.

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

And Kate-- Kate's gonna get womanly.

Og Kate – Kate kommer til å bli kvinneelig.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

What a helpless, sweet, womanly little thing she was.

For en hjelpeløs, søt, kvinneelig liten ting hun var.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Other ways of describing people, you can describe them as masculine or feminine, boyish, manly, girly, womanly.

Andre måter å beskrive folk på, du kan beskrive dem som maskuline eller feminine, gutteaktige, mannlige, jentete, kvinnelege.

Source: English With Lucy (Bilingual Experience)

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her womanly periods.

11 Nå var Abraham og Sara gamle, kommet til årene, og Sara hadde sluttet å få sine kvinnelige menstruasjoner.

Source: New American Bible

She should have all womanly care, all gentle tendance.

Hun burde få all kvinneelig omsorg, all mild omsorg.

Source: South and North (Middle)

There was an earnest womanly compassion for me in her new affection.

Det var et oppriktig, kvinneelig medfølelse for meg i hennes nye hengivenhet.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

The body might be quite womanly, but the face reminded her of an unripe apple.

Kroppen kunne være ganske kvinneleg, men ansiktet minnet henne om et umodent eple.

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

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