mansculine vs manly; womanish vs feminine vs womanly

[Aleaf]

mansculine manly
womanish feminine womanly.

A masculine/manly woman
A womanish/ femine/womanly man
Are all the above expressions derogatory senses?

May i say
He is very masculine/manly.
She is very womanish/ femine/womanly man.
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If ok re all of them a kind of praise?
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[Mister Micawber]

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1-- Any time you indicate a reversal of sexual characteristics, it tends to be derogatory.

2-- These indicate approbation, generally:

He is very masculine/manly.
She is very femine/womanly.

'Womanish' in my experience is used derogatorily of men only.
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[Aleaf]

IC thanks,Mr. Mic.

masculine-feminine
manly-womanly
These four words can be used to describe both genders. When they are used to describe the reversal of sexual characteristics, it is a kind of derogatoriness. If not it is a kind of praise.
mannish-womanish these two are used derogatorily of the opposite gender respectively.
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[Mister Micawber]

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Yes, that is how I see them.
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[Bob895]

It depends on your own perspective. Describing the reversal of sexual characteristics itself is not automatically a derogatory use. Here we are approaching the subjects of cultural conditioning, psychology, and biology, rather than language.

I would say manly and womanly, and masculine and feminine, are not necessarily derogatory whether applied to a man or a woman. 'Mannish' and 'womanish' does have a pejorative ring to it, whether you are speaking of a man or a woman. Like 'bluish'. Similar to the French suffix '-âtre.' a pejorative suffix.