Difference between Womanly and Matronly

WOMANLY vs MATRONLY: ADJECTIVE

Of, relating to, or characteristic of women, often in showing qualities traditionally attributed to women.
Fully developed as a woman, as in having a curvaceous figure.
Becoming a woman; feminine.
Having the characteristics of a woman; feminine, female.
Befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman

Advanced in years; elderly.
Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.
Exuding the authority, wisdom, power, and intelligence of an experienced woman.
Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.
Befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman

In the manner of a woman.
Characteristic of, like, or befitting a woman; suiting a woman; feminine; not masculine; not girlish: as, womanly behavior.
Synonyms Womanish, Ladylike, etc. See feminine.

Like a matron; characteristic of or suitable to a matron; elderly; ripe in years.
In a manner becoming a matron.

Motherly, Shapely, Girly, Mannish, Androgynous, Manly, Curvaceous, Ladylike, Girlish, Voluptuous, Femininity, Masculine, Womanlike, Matronly, Feminine

Queenly, Frowsy, Tomboyish, Comely, Mannish, Girlish, Prissy, Blowsy, Ladylike, Motherly, Grandmotherly, Frumpy, Demure, Womanly, Feminine

Motherly, Shapely, Girly, Mannish, Androgynous, Manly, Curvaceous, Ladylike, Girlish, Voluptuous, Femininity, Masculine, Womanlike, Matronly, Feminine

Queenly, Frowsy, Tomboyish, Comely, Mannish, Girlish, Prissy, Blowsy, Ladylike, Motherly, Grandmotherly, Frumpy, Demure, Womanly, Feminine

Caroline sees Laura as an example of failed femininity, her womanly duties unfulfilled.
Turn round, and let me see if you are as womanly in front.
This may be womanly intuition of which we are wont to prate.
This one defies expectation, creating an aura of womanly grace and charm.
He inhaled her womanly scent and his muscles tightened with definite awareness.
Consider how your everyday womanly skills and resources have benefited others.
Her voice is strong, confident and authoritative in a womanly way.
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Lates womanly news from all around the world.
The heroine, Lois Clinton, is sweet and womanly.

Carnation for me is associated with a mature attitude in a woman, very elegant and matronly.
This area definately needs some visual aids to take some of her matronly airs away.
Ulpia Severina wept matronly tears as she kissed the beautiful girl she had raised.
Jill puts her in a dress with straps, but the dress is too matronly.
White and the camera crew, and drops matronly wisdom on everyone around her.
Doric is warlike, the Ionic matronly, the Corinthian virginal.
"They're wonderful," said the matronly Mexican woman in front of me, turning around.
Widdecombe, a matronly and proudly traditionalist figure on the Conservative benches, told parliament.
She was still in her matronly makeup and wardrobe.
Kelly Wearstler is more rock star than matronly personage.