The Collaborative International Dictionary
Effeminately
Effeminately \Ef*fem"i*nate*ly\, adv.
In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately. ``Proud and effeminately gay.''
--Fawkes.By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.] ``Effeminately vanquished.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
effeminately
adv. In an effeminate manner.
Usage examples of "effeminately".
Felix Ordinaire took his seat, crossed his stubby legs, bouncing his ankle effeminately and sighed.
He did this effeminately, as he did everything, for the sissified manner remained with him always, no matter whether he was butchering a man or pouring tea, as he was doing now.