(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:18:35

Ef*fem"i*nate*ly (?), adv.

1.

In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.

"Proud and effeminately gay."

Fawkes.

2.

By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman.

[R.] "Effeminately vanquished."

Milton.

 

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