Womanly adv.

Obs. or arch. [f. as prec.: see -LY².] In a womanly manner; like a woman.

1297.  R. Glouc. (Rolls), 9391. Wat he aþ Manliche bigonne, he it aþ bileued Wommanliche, as vor defaute of wit in his heued.

c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 3994. Cassandra … was a Clene Maydon,… Womonly wroght.

1476.  Stonor Papers (Camden), II. 7. Where as ye, ffull womanly and lyke a loffer, remembre me with manyffolde recommendacion in dyuersse maners.

1508.  Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 496. To euery man in speciall speke I sum wordis, So wisly, and so womanly, quhill warmys ther hertis.

1575.  Gascoigne, Flowers, Lullabie of Lover, 4. And lullaby can I sing to, As womanly as can the best.

1612.  T. Taylor, Comm. Titus iii. 2 (1619), 578. For how womanly haue many behaued themselues.

1723.  Briton, No. 7 (1724), 28. You … then very Womanly expect a Consideration, for the Trouble we put you to in Swearing.

1844.  Mrs. Browning, Rom. Page, xxvii. Oh, womanly, she prayed in tent, When none beside did wake!