old-womanishly

English

Adverb

old-womanishly (comparative more old-womanishly, superlative most old-womanishly)

  1. In the manner or style of an old woman.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 112:
      He was excessively careful, old-womanishly apprehensive.
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