Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Effeminately \Ef*fem"i*nate*ly\, adv.
   1. In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly;
      delicately. ``Proud and effeminately gay.'' --Fawkes.

   2. By means of a woman; by the power or art of a woman. [R.]
      ``Effeminately vanquished.'' --Milton.