Feminine and Maternal

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Feminine adjective - Of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women.

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Maternal and feminine are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maternal" instead an adjective "Feminine".

Nearby Words: femininity, femininely

Maternal adjective - Of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother.

Usage example: her maternal instincts told her that something was wrong

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Feminine and maternal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Feminine" instead an adjective "Maternal".

Nearby Words: maternity, maternally

It's stated that the limit of the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers was that their training to particularly feminine/maternal instincts meant that they couldn't access their male ancestry in their Other Memory.

Source: Literature / Dune
Initially, she looks monstrous but quite humanoid and feminine, then she advances to the pregnancy bit, which at one brief moment (in a cutscene where she looks extremely feminine and maternal) has a weird "pregnancy brings out your inner beauty" kind of appeal.

Source: Fan Disservice / Video Games
Notably, she actually Took a Level in Badass while becoming more feminine and maternal: as a Team Mom Meido Hungary is physically stronger than she used to be as a Cute Bruiser Bokukko... only that she looks girlier when she does so.

Source: Girliness Upgrade

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