Queenly

Word QUEENLY
Character 7
Hyphenation queen ly
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Queenly"

What do we mean by queenly?

Having the status or rank of queen. adjective

Of, resembling, or befitting a queen; majestic and regal. adjective

In a royal way; regally. adverb

Like a queen; befitting a queen; suitable to a queen.

Like a queen; in the manner of a queen.

Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen. adjective

Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal. adjective

In a queenly manner; regally. adverb

Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen adjective

Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.

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Synonyms and Antonyms for Queenly

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The word "queenly" in example sentences

On ABC, Tina Brown, the editor of The Daily Beast and Newsweek, who wrote a biography of Princess Diana, couldn't stop praising the bride's poise and aptitude for her new job, using the word "queenly" to describe the newly named Duchess of Cambridge. ❋ By ALESSANDRA STANLEY (2011)

That night was one of many such evenings in queenly Venice. ❋ William Henry Burton Wilkins (1897)

There is little that can credibly be called queenly about these creatures, least of all when they display their menacing teeth. ❋ Dorothy Rabinowitz (2011)

The "queenly" Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope, the unnamed avenger in Charles Augustus Milverton, the intrepid Violet Hunter - plenty of material for filmmakers to draw on! ❋ Unknown (2009)

And 'queenly' becomes 'witchy' -- a powerful sorceress who can mysteriously bend people's will to do the most horrific acts against nature, man and God. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Whenever Wodehouse writes about an intimidatingly tall and handsome young woman (usually to contrast her with his heroines, who tend to be small and slight in build), he's parodying the "queenly" heroines of many novels at the time, particularly those of Ethel M. Dell (I've actually read an Ethel M. Dell novel and hope to write about it after the shell-shock wears off). ❋ Jaime J. Weinman (2004)

There was something stately and distinguished in her carriage, "queenly" her friends called her, while her critics described her as reserved and distant. ❋ Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 (1982)

And his goodwill sunned her wild-grown beauty into majesty, into a kind of queenly richness. ❋ Walter Pater (1866)

She is a Kate we've never seen and one that Petruchio sure as hell never asked to see -- not one ready to insult and flail, but one who is a calm, articulate, and queenly. ❋ Lauren Gunderson (2011)

When they were finally ready to move on, it was she, the queenly one, who, with the slightest nod of her silver head, gave permission. ❋ MaryAnne Kolton (2011)

Maud was waiting patiently for me, and I took notice, with a thrill of joy, of the queenly poise of her head and her glorious, calm eyes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And then came a woman, queenly tall, crowned with a glory of hair that was like a golden sun. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That [waffle] is so amazing [looking], it [must be] a queenly waffle. ❋ FigmaScrotum (2018)

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