maidenly
adjective
pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden.
maidenliness
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a word derived from
maidenly.
Example Sentences
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Rose chilled, when she did not mean to do so, by sheer maidenliness.
From The Shoulders of Atlas A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
But sudden blushes and deep pallor interchanged on her face, which turned with an expression of perfect, modest maidenliness toward the old lady's face.
From A Sister's Love A Novel by W. Heimburg
Her modern realism played with the thought quite freely; her maidenliness, proud and pure as it was, being nowise ashamed.
From Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Sir Ralf observed that the young lady showed a comely shamefast maidenliness, and therewith bowed himself out of the room.
From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Mary Yonge
A hundred immaturities and rawnesses?—yes! but at the root of all, the most dazzling, the most convincing maidenliness.
From Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
