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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