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duchessly

duchessly adjective: befitting a duchess.

Adjective

duchessly (comparative more duchessly, superlative most duchessly)

  1. (rare) Befitting a duchess.
    • Because this woman, in her native and constant geniality, failed to realise which object or experience properly merited her duchessly smile and which did not.1968, University of Calcutta. Department of English, Bulletin, page 57
    • The entrance hall was wide and long, walls sporting an assortment of really ugly and very old portraits of previous dukes and duchesses engaged in dukely and duchessly pursuits—mainly sitting in uncomfortable-looking chairs, gazing with almost pained expressions off into the distance.2000, Karen Lee, Meredith's Wish, Love Spell Books, →ISBN, page 221

Forms of duchessly

comparativemore duchessly
superlativemost duchessly

Origin of duchessly

From duchess + -ly.

Questions about duchessly

What does duchessly mean?
Duchessly means befitting a duchess.
What part of speech is duchessly?
Duchessly is an adjective.

Words near duchessly in the dictionary

  1. duchessed
  2. duchesses
  3. duchesshood
  4. duchessing
  5. duchesslike
  6. duchessly
  7. duchessness
  8. duchessy
  9. duchies
  10. Duchovbot
  11. Duchovbots

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