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Definition of maidenly in English: maidenlyadjective ˈmeɪdnliˈmeɪdnli Relating to or appropriate to a maiden; demure. Example sentencesExamples - Well, I feel pretty and maidenly without bounding my tresses.
- Pieta's voice was of a contralto color, and though not very strong, it was maidenly and soft.
- I tried my best to look maidenly and modest, as I should, though I was near to bursting with pride and excitement.
- So Audrey spent her three idle days walking, reading, and occasionally joining in on the maidenly pursuits of her mother and sister, like sewing and fabric shopping at the markets.
- She lifted the bouquet from the ground, and then, as if inwardly ashamed at having stepped aside from her maidenly reserve to respond to a stranger's greeting, passed swiftly homeward through the garden.
Synonyms virginal, immaculate, intact, chaste, pure, undefiled, virtuous, unsullied, vestal demure, reserved, retiring, decorous, seemly
Definition of maidenly in US English: maidenlyadjectiveˈmeɪdnliˈmādnlē Relating to or appropriate to a maiden; demure. Example sentencesExamples - So Audrey spent her three idle days walking, reading, and occasionally joining in on the maidenly pursuits of her mother and sister, like sewing and fabric shopping at the markets.
- Pieta's voice was of a contralto color, and though not very strong, it was maidenly and soft.
- I tried my best to look maidenly and modest, as I should, though I was near to bursting with pride and excitement.
- Well, I feel pretty and maidenly without bounding my tresses.
- She lifted the bouquet from the ground, and then, as if inwardly ashamed at having stepped aside from her maidenly reserve to respond to a stranger's greeting, passed swiftly homeward through the garden.
Synonyms virginal, immaculate, intact, chaste, pure, undefiled, virtuous, unsullied, vestal
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