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QUEENLY
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Irregular inflected forms: queenlier , queenliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
Example:
Rosetti's queenly portraits of women
Synonyms:
queenlike; queenly
Classified under:
Similar:
noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)
Derivation:
queen (a female sovereign ruler)
queen (the wife or widow of a king)
Context examples:
"You see now, my queenly Blanche," began Lady Ingram, "she encroaches. Be advised, my angel girl—and—"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The broad strips of bracken glowed red and yellow against the black peaty soil, and a queenly doe who grazed among them turned her white front and her great questioning eyes towards the wayfarers.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And yet, without a harshness which was foreign to his nature, it was impossible to refuse to listen to the story of the young and beautiful woman, tall, graceful, and queenly, who presented herself at Baker Street late in the evening, and implored his assistance and advice.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
