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Effeminately   Listen
adverb
Effeminately  adv.  
1.
In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. "Proud and effeminately gay."
2.
By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. (R.) "Effeminately vanquished."





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"Effeminately" Quotes from Famous Books



... a fit of madness killed his friend Iphitus, and was condemned for this offence to become the slave of Queen Omphale for three years. While in this service the hero's nature seemed changed. He lived effeminately, wearing at times the dress of a woman, and spinning wool with the hand-maidens of Omphale, while the queen wore his lion's skin. When this service was ended he married Dejanira and lived in peace with her three years. On one occasion ...
— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch


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