👩 In a womanly way 📚 With feminine form

femininely

4.8

In a way that uses word forms to match the female gender

adverb
/ˈfɛmɪnɪnli/

Specialized

: femeninamente

In French, some adjectives must be used femininely to match the gender of the noun.

Examples

Certain words in Spanish are inflected femininely when referring to female people or objects.
Certain words in Spanish are inflected femininely when referring to female people or objects.
The poem describes the character femininely, using gentle and graceful language.
She spoke femininely during the presentation.
The dress flowed femininely around her legs.
In French, some adjectives must be used femininely to match the gender of the noun.
The poem describes the character femininely, using gentle and graceful language.

Antonyms

masculinely

Specialized

7.7

To use the male form of a word so it matches a noun in gender

How Feminine

girlishly

1 5.8

femininely

Specialized

4.8

neutrally

2 3.6

masculinely

6.8

Surface Forms

femininely positive

Morphology

femininely = feminine (transparent) = feminine + ly

Adverbial '-ly' added to 'feminine' to indicate manner or agreement; the grammatical sense remains predictable from the adjective.

Etymology

The word femininely shares the root femina 'woman' with female and feminine, and the ending -ly turns it into an adverb. So it is used to say that a form, word, or style matches the feminine gender in grammar or looks and sound like the feminine style.