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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She sat up straight, by force of her instinctive maidenliness, but she kissed him back when he kissed her.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
For there is a maidenliness in sorrow, that wraps her garments close around her.—But he was not to be seen; the door of the study was locked.
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by George MacDonald
It was that she should have seen something which she should not have seen, for her innocence’s sake—something which, in a sense, must have offended and wounded her maidenliness.
From Adam Johnstone's Son by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
"I thought it might be fine to help a great painter like you," confessed the gentle lass; very gently, with reluctance and pain, for it was wrung by compulsion from her maidenliness.
From Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes by Sarah Tytler
There was in the appearance of this little sanctuary, hung with white silken drapery, and as elegant as the divinity whose favourite tarrying-place it was, something of purity, chastity, and maidenliness.
From Samuel Brohl and Company by Victor Cherbuliez
