Hypertext Webster Gateway: "maidenly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maidenly \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, adv.
In a maidenlike manner. ``Maidenly demure.'' --Skelton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
maidenly
adj : befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush"
[syn: {maidenlike}]
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