maidenly
maidenly adjective: of or pertaining to a maiden.
Adjective
maidenly (comparative more maidenly, superlative most maidenly)
- Of or pertaining to a maiden.
- Suitable for, or befitting a maiden; gentle; modest; pure; shy.
- “I’ll try, but it was a very ungentlemanly thing to do, I didn’t think you could be so sly and malicious, Laurie,” replied Meg, trying to hide her maidenly confusion under a gravely reproachful air.1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women
maidenly meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
maidenly in Malayalam
- immaculate, virginal, intact
- കന്യകയായ, കന്യകാത്വത്തിലുള്ള, കന്യകാത്വം നഷ്ടപ്പെടാത്ത, പുരുഷസ്പർശമേൽക്കാത്ത, അനാഘ്രാത, നിർമ്മലം
maidenly in Kannada
- ಕನ್ಯೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಅವಿವಾಹಿತೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ಕನ್ಯೆಯ, ಅವಿವಾಹಿತೆಯ, ಮೃದುಸ್ವಭಾವದ, ಪರಿಶುದ್ಧ ಶೀಲದ
Antonyms of maidenly
Forms of maidenly
| comparative | more maidenly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most maidenly |
Origin of maidenly
From Middle English maidenly, equivalent to maiden + -ly.
Questions about maidenly
- What does maidenly mean?
- Maidenly means of or pertaining to a maiden.
- What is maidenly in Malayalam?
- Maidenly in Malayalam is കന്യകയായ, കന്യകാത്വത്തിലുള്ള, കന്യകാത്വം നഷ്ടപ്പെടാത്ത. See Maidenly meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is maidenly?
- Maidenly is an adjective.
Words near maidenly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maidenly (page history and authors); maidenly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); maidenly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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