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

Example sentences :

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

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