About The Word Maidenly
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Maidenly
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What's The Definition Of Maidenly?
[adj] befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Maidenly: feminine | maidenlike Related Terms | Find terms related to Maidenly: abstinent | bachelorlike | beardless | boyish | boylike | calflike | callow | celibate | childish | childlike | coltish | continent | dewy | distaff | evergreen | ever-new | female | feminine | firsthand | fledgling | fresh | gentlewomanlike | girlish | girllike | green | gynecic | gynecoid | gynic | husbandless | immature | intact | kiddish | kittenish | ladylike | little-girlish | maiden | matronal | matronlike | matronly | muliebral | neoteric | nestling | new | old-maidish | original | petticoat | Platonic | pristine | puerile | puplike | puppyish | puppylike | raw | sempervirent | single | sole | spinsterish | spinsterlike | spinsterly | spouseless | unbeaten | undeveloped | unfledged | unhandled | unmarried | untouched | untried | untrodden | unused | unwed | unwedded | vernal | vestal | virgin | virginal | womanish | womanlike | womanly | young See Also | Maidenly In Webster's Dictionary \Maid"en*ly\, a.
Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,
reserved.
Must you be blushing ? . . . What a maidenly
man-at-arms are you become ! --Shak.
\Maid"en*ly\, adv. In a maidenlike manner. ``Maidenly demure.'' --Skelton. |
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