The logical clearness of her arguments...condemned her as eccentric and unwomanly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
So the best substitute is to call her unwomanly instead. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
I suppose this is what you would call unwomanly; but I have got into. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening] Reference
We are called unwomanly for our advocacy of this priceless boon to women. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
I suppose this is what you would call unwomanly; but I have got into a habit of expressing myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories] Reference
I remember some awful prat trying to stop my SK from tanking because it was "unwomanly". From Wordnik.com. [Play What You Are] Reference
"You know that none of them have ever approved of my I 'unwomanly' interests," she retorted sourly. From Wordnik.com. [red dust] Reference
It would be "unwomanly" in us to suggest such a word as inconsistency. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III)] Reference
Many declined, with brevity, muttering, either aloud or to themselves, 'unwomanly'; varied by. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Harrington — Complete] Reference
On occasions she has been forced to defend her ultra-healthy lifestyle and "unwomanly" muscular body. From Wordnik.com. [AskMen.com - HOME PAGE] Reference
"Certainly my 'unwomanly' nature has stood you in good stead!. From Wordnik.com. [red dust] Reference
'unwomanly' and 'unlovely' and 'uncharming' and 'unfascinating.'. From Wordnik.com. [Angel Island] Reference
She is at first the type of a cruel, unwomanly queen. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Beowulf Sometime King of the Folk of the Weder Geats] Reference
Not that he had ever thought of her as being unwomanly. From Wordnik.com. [Irresistible]
Inwardly I thought how ill-natured and unwomanly it was. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
"That would account for her unwomanly ways," Dorv added. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
Is it unwomanly -- is it too bold to tell you this so soon?. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
A woman sat, in unwomanly rags, plying her needle and thread. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
"I hope it is nothing unwomanly," Claudia interposed, anxiously. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
KING: So you are only criticizing women when they do unwomanly things. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Jerry Lewis Discusses Hosting His 50th Telethon - September 1, 2000] Reference
It did not seem to her that she was doing anything unusual or unwomanly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
The fear of Ideala doing anything unwomanly was absurd, even to herself. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
These are not the cheerless, crushed, and unwomanly mothers of polygamy. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
"An unwomanly woman is such a dreadful creature," Claudia added, apologetically. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
Esther, hush! my child; you must not talk so, it sounds unwomanly -- unchristian. From Wordnik.com. [The Garies and Their Friends] Reference
No long strides or free-swinging arm movements betrayed her unwomanly inclinations. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
In circles where these ideas prevailed, to eat a hearty dinner was considered unwomanly. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Affinities of History — Complete] Reference
I, and let not my affliction be added to by thy inexorable cruelty, and unwomanly wickedness. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
'But hard labour and learned professions, they say, make women masculine, coarse, unwomanly.'. From Wordnik.com. [Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte] Reference
Perhaps the unwomanly nature of the science made her instinctively wish to conceal her love of it. From Wordnik.com. [Night and Day, by Virginia Woolf] Reference
She felt inclined to bid Tony accept the offer, yet she knew it would be an unwomanly thing to do. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
This was comparatively rare for a woman in the 1920s, when track and field sports were considered unwomanly. From Wordnik.com. [Lilli Henoch.] Reference
And she was being attacked as being unwomanly and particularly the -- you know, the chocolate chip cookie story and all the rest. From Wordnik.com. [The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House] Reference
Discontent, to be sure, is as unmanly as it is unwomanly; but I fear it is an ill more widely spread among girls than among boys. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
Let it therefore (faire Ladies) be my loving admonition to you, to detest all unwomanly mocking and scorning, but more especiallie to. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron] Reference
Yet this pleases me too; he was so good, he would not let Mrs. Jewkes speak ill of me, and scorned to take her odious unwomanly advice. From Wordnik.com. [Pamela] Reference
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