Middle English Dictionary Entry
wǒmmanlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | wǒmmanlī adv. |
| Etymology | From wǒmmanlī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In the manner of a woman, like a woman.
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)9391 : Is brayn & wit is so feble…he it aþ bileued Wommanliche, as vor defaute of wit in his heued.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3529 : Sche so wommanly Demened hir, and so prudently, Þat sche avoyded by discrecioun Al…suspecioun.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.1668 : Eleyne, in al hire goodly softe wyse, Gan hym salue, and wommanly to pleye.
- a1450(c1410) Lovel.Merlin (Corp-C 80)21304 : Sche hym answerede ful wommanly as sche that knew wel al his entent.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)365/12 : Sho was not ferd for swerd nor wownd, nor wepid wommanlyke, bod resayvid armyd men mekelie with ioy & murth.
- a1456 Warwick Vir.(Add 16165)44 : She wol for my guerdon avyse, And wommanly…Resceyve me.
- a1500 Alex.-Cassamus (Cmb Ff.1.6)312 : Thanne ganne she here dresse, smylyng wommanly.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)3994 : Cassandra…was a Clene Maydon…Womonly wroght.