mannishness

I remember thinking that for all her mannishness she would be worth shielding from all grief.

Besides, he thought absently, a lot of that mannishness was undoubtedly protective coloration.

First, he claims that humans exhibit "mannishness" and have a personal nature, separating them from the impersonal, but that humans are also finite.

The pompadour had a feminizing effect on old Mr Dogar, but the same hairdo conveyed a mannishness to his wife.

There she was, hair swept up as usual, mannishness accentuated by a tailored suit, her presence haloed by the only perfume she ever wore, if she wore any at all.

She clung round his neck, laughing and crying, holding him off to marvel at his growth arid mannishness, snatching him back to rock him like a small child on her breast.

And yet, he had decided by the time she had maneuvered both of them onto chairs, Porcia wasn't dismally plain at all, nor did she, despite that masculine physique, give an impression of mannishness.