maiden
noun
a girl or young unmarried woman; maid.
maiden-like
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a word derived from
maiden.
Example Sentences
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A few white-winged sea-birds, as proud, reserved, and maiden-like as herself, had been her only companions.
From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Harte, Bret
With maiden-like decision of perception she went through the wilderness wherein she had to bend aside, now flowers, now thorns, in order to be neither embarrassed nor injured.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Various aetiological explanations of the name Parthenius were given by the ancients, e.g. that the maiden Artemis hunted on its banks, or that the flow of its waters was gentle and maiden-like.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
But how can I gang maiden-like, When maiden I am nane?
From Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Thus assured and tranquil, maiden-like, she again fell to thinking of Sergius.
From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Wallace, Lewis
