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Antonyms for maidenly
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : meyd-n-lee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmeɪd n li |
Definition of maidenly
Origin :- mid-15c., from maiden (n.) + -ly (1).
- As in pure : adj virginal, chaste
- As in womanly : adj feminine
- Viviette alone in her maidenly splendour, he could have fought it down.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- I love thee too, but I think it not maidenly to kiss thee till I'm asked.
- Extract from : « Standish of Standish » by Jane G. Austin
- But the grey in this case was not so pure, nor were the straightness and the slenderness so maidenly.
- Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
- Who looked with contempt on girls and disdained their maidenly advances!
- Extract from : « The Romance of an Old Fool » by Roswell Field
- "Oh, Rupert," with a moan of maidenly horror, and conscious incompetence.
- Extract from : « The Light of Scarthey » by Egerton Castle
- And where was the knight who should claim her innocent and maidenly heart?
- Extract from : « At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern » by Myrtle Reed
- (p. 173) "And as good as she was wild—as maidenly as she was pure."
- Extract from : « The Youth of Jefferson » by J. E. Cooke.
- The maidenly month of April makes little difference to us here.
- Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke
- Her maidenly instinct—perhaps her duty to another—took the alarm.
- Extract from : « In the Carquinez Woods » by Bret Harte
- Color has not yet come into her maidenly days, nor violence of opinion into her womanly years.
- Extract from : « Quaker Hill » by Warren H. Wilson
Synonyms for maidenly
- babe in woods
- blameless
- celibate
- clean
- continent
- decent
- exemplary
- female
- fresh
- girlish
- good
- guileless
- honest
- immaculate
- inculpable
- innocent
- inviolate
- irreproachable
- kid
- ladylike
- lily white
- maidenly
- matronly
- modest
- motherly
- pure as driven snow
- righteous
- sinless
- spotless
- stainless
- true
- unblemished
- unblighted
- uncorrupted
- undefiled
- unprofaned
- unspotted
- unstained
- unsullied
- upright
- virgin
- virtuous
- wet behind ears
- wide-eyed
- womanish
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