adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
feminine touch
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The feminine touch was evident throughout the house.
feminine wiles
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It was impossible to resist her feminine wiles .
sb’s creative/caring/feminine etc side
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The art program is meant to bring out children’s creative side.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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In come softer and more feminine shapes for women with an emphasis on good design and classic cuts.
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It is said that the disguised Achilles reveals himself when he chooses a sword over more feminine gifts.
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Chapter Thirteen Lou had allowed her coal-black hair to grow into a softer, more feminine style that flattered her small features.
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Like their older sisters, young girls are buying more feminine silhouettes in which clothing is cut closer to the body.
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Lycra has created a new look: a more feminine , flirty feel for the 90s.
very
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Stepan Verkhovensky is prissy, frenchified, very feminine though not at all homosexual.
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The result: Very feminine and much more flattering with beautiful colour and condition.
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I now felt fresh, gay, attractive, and very , very feminine .
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I prefer the smell - very feminine - and it kept me fresher.
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It was a very feminine room if you happened to like your femininity in ton lots.
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I feel very feminine when my hair is done up that way.
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In it she knew she looked sophisticated and elegant, and very , very feminine .
■ NOUN
beauty
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She was the ultimate picture of feminine beauty .
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I consider her a model of feminine beauty and virtue, and of course I would prefer to marry her above you.
form
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A small number of nouns which refer to professions have masculine and feminine forms , with the suffix -ess indicating feminine gender.
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The feminine form , SHIKse, is much better known.
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The ending, -a, signals that this word is feminine; it will take feminine forms of the adjective, for instance.
ideal
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Concerned that his overweight body can not live up to feminine ideals , Dave's depression nearly ends his marriage.
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Through their various plights, the drama questions a world where feminine ideals regularly defy rational explanation.
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But she, too, felt compelled to whip herself into the dominant feminine ideal .
principle
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The pendulum swung back and the feminine principle experienced five centuries of heavy repression.
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It was obliged to admit the feminine principle , permit the Goddess to reclaim her share.
role
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In family and marriage literature women are entirely encapsulated within the feminine role .
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Through the integration of feminine role learning with self-definition, housekeeping behaviours tend to be developed as personality functions.
side
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So maybe the men are discovering their feminine sides while the women are discovering their masculine sides.
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Mitchell touched the silverware in front of him, rubbed his thumb in the hollow feminine side of the teaspoon.
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Why should not a little boy with a feminine side play dollies with the girls?
touch
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The gentlemen appreciated all her feminine touches .
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She was known for taking care of business with a feminine touch in the town too tough to die.
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Today there is little sign of the feminine touch in the Cabinet at Westminster.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hairstyles this autumn are long, soft and very feminine .
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How can I persuade my tomboy daughter to wear feminine clothes?
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Lane stressed the importance of feminine values like non-competition.
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Lindsay wears very feminine clothes - pretty dresses with flowers on and things like that.
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the rounded feminine shape
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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She is feminine enough to maintain her own identity.
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The blossoms also signify the feminine characteristics of softness, mildness and peacefulness.
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Their goal is to be masculine men and feminine women.
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We need to articulate the feminine position and explore its possibilities.