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womanfully

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wom⋅an⋅ful⋅ly

  [woom-uhn-fuh-lee]
Use womanfully in a Sentence
–adverb
in a manner full of womanly spirit: She struggled womanfully to complete the task.
Origin:
1815–25; woman + (man)fully
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wom·an·ful·ly   (wŏŏm'ən-fŭl'ē)   
adv.  With the characteristic grace, strength, or purposefulness of a woman: "I will trample ... upon all the prickles of the impossibilities and flatten them womanfully" (Maria Edgeworth).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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