Meaning of gender-specifically | Babel Free

Definitions

In a gender-specific manner.

Examples

“Christine Todd Whitman is not “one of the boys,” not just gender-specifically speaking, but philosophically speaking. Mrs. Whitman may be misguided, but she is sincere. The boys are out for themselves.”

“Now, we weren’t talking about imports who only wear⟳ Oil Barons colours for a couple of seasons and then move⟳ on, but kids, or more gender-specifically, males who went through the minor hockey system and have⟳ roots planted firmly in the local tarsands.”

“Despite the shoes, sunglasses and jewelry openly displayed, Ali claims her taste⟳ isn’t overly feminine, calling her home the “not-too-girly” house. “If I get⟳ one girly thing, then I get⟳ one masculine thing,” she says. But even if she lived alone, Ali wouldn’t decorate⟳ too gender-specifically. “My whole concept is traditional with a modern, clean⟳ twist⟳,” she says.”

“The first case opens with the phrase אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי, which may be understood either inclusively (everyone who) or gender-specifically (every man who).”

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