Womanliness is the quality of behaving, dressing, or looking in the way people traditionally think suits a grown woman — gentle, warm, graceful, caring, quietly strong. It is the noun form of womanly, so you use it when you want to name the quality itself rather than describe a person: "her quiet womanliness", "there was a warmth and womanliness about her".

Womanliness is是 the quality of behaving, dressing, or looking一種特質,指行事、打扮,或呈現的樣子 in the way people traditionally think suits a grown woman按照傳統上人們認為適合成年女性的方式 — gentle, warm, graceful, caring, quietly strong溫柔、溫暖、優雅、體貼、安靜地堅強. It is它是 the noun form of womanlywomanly的名詞形式, so you use it所以你會用它 when you want to name the quality itself rather than describe a person當你想指稱這種特質本身、而不是描述某個人時: "her quiet womanliness"「她安靜的womanliness」, "there was a warmth and womanliness about her"「她身上有一種溫暖和womanliness」.

It is meant as praise, but it is praise of an old-fashioned kind, because it praises a woman for matching a picture that society drew long ago. For that reason many people today find it uncomfortable, and a writer who uses it usually knows they are choosing a warm, gentle, slightly dated word.

It is meant as praise這是一種稱讚的意思, but it is praise of an old-fashioned kind但是老派的那種稱讚, because it praises a woman因為它是在稱讚一個女人 for matching a picture that society drew long ago符合社會很久以前畫出的那幅畫面. For that reason因為這樣, many people today find it uncomfortable現在很多人覺得不太自在, and a writer who uses it usually knows一個用這個詞的作家通常也知道 they are choosing a warm, gentle, slightly dated word自己選的是一個溫暖、溫柔、有點過時的詞.

It is formal and literary; you will read it far more often than you will hear it.

It is是 formal and literary正式、文學性的; you will read it far more often than you will hear it你讀到它的機會會遠多於聽到它.

One more thing worth noticing: womanly and womanliness are about being a grown woman, an adult, as opposed to a girl. So the word often carries a sense of maturity and calm, not just softness.

One more thing worth noticing還有一件值得注意的事: womanly and womanliness are about being a grown woman, an adultwomanly和womanliness講的是成年女性、成人, as opposed to a girl相對於女孩. So所以 the word often carries a sense of maturity and calm這個詞常常帶著成熟、沉穩的感覺, not just softness不只是溫柔而已.