(1) He may not always be ‘mannish’; in fact, he may be downright womanish (the sting of this repeated accusation in the Western is that it is usually true), but he will be doing what a man does.(2) The Africans, on the other hand, let their hair go nappy-kink, and some came to class in their national costumes, the little box hats and long robes of bright colors looking both solemn and womanish .(3) This was the moment we had all been waiting for, and yet most of us - including myself and several other men - screamed and spilled our drinks in womanish fright.(4) In early vase-painting, Greek men are depicted ‘black-figure’, symbolic of their darker skin, while women (and womanish men) are shown pale and white.(5) ‘And different gender folks too,’ shouts one womanish looking man in a cutoff shirt.(6) It would destroy all my pre-conceived notions of man's supremacy of the natural status accorded to him, and I should opt to think that the men who listened were more womanish than the preacher.(7) People would assume you were womanish or weak or something, and they would try to cow you down, and to abuse you.(8) Cesario, of course, looks like a very womanish man, since he is actually a woman.(9) The elders and rulers of the village met to determine the punishment for such insurrection, and Okonkwo was disgusted to see that the men of Mbanta were so womanish that they would not declare war against the Christians.(10) ‘Believe it or not, I was once your age,’ a portly store manager chimed as he passed our womanish giggle-fest.(11) We were neither of us womanish , and despite his proclivity to wear clothes dangerously close to the dandy set he was a hard sportsman.(12) In Storr's catalogue essay, we hear precursors of such comments across 18 centuries from writers who condemned decadent foreign influences, womanish decoration and blatant artificiality.(13) The chaste man need not be squeamish or prudish or lacking in animal vitality; nor need he be womanishly pious or a slave of puritanical conventions.(14) While more female physicians are turning up, most are either too mannishly tough or too womanishly sweet.(15) Kingsley, advocate of muscular Christianity and espouser of manliness, detested what he considered to be effeminate ‘Mariolatry’ which was responsible for weakness and womanishness in society.(16) If at some place disbelievers or women are fond of this colour, it will be banned for Muslim men because of its relevance to disbelief and womanishness .
