queenlike
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a word derived from
queen.
queennouna female sovereign or monarch.
Example Sentences
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In the film, when people stare at her, she waves unbothered in a queenlike manner at them.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
During our relaxed, free-ranging conversation in 2015, I never forgot that I was in the presence of greatness: Her queenlike command never faltered, even at her most confiding.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2021
Grace made a flourish with her hand, queenlike.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Reader, mark that queenlike burgher-woman: beautiful, Amazonian-graceful to the eye; more so to the mind.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
The costume was faultless, and fitted to adorn the queenlike woman.
From Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore