matronly
adjective
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
matronliness
-
a word derived from
matronly.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Ann settled down, in time, to suburban matronliness; rearing her children as conventionally as her stuccoed neighbors reared theirs.
From Time Magazine Archive
Securely imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution in Pleasanton, Calif., she seems to be the model of middle-aged matronliness.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was a Provencale, with dark eyes, a Greek profile, and rounded majestic form, having that sort of beauty which carries a sweet matronliness even in youth, and her voice was a soft cooing.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
It was very beautiful to see what a demure, soft, meek matronliness had come over the high spirit of the "Nut-browne Mayde."
From John Halifax, Gentleman by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
It at once takes away her youthfulness and makes her matronly—and matronliness is fatal to romance.
From Woman Her Sex and Love Life by William J. Robinson
