Duchessly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting a duchess. rare

    "Because this woman, in her native and constant geniality, failed to realise which object or experience properly merited her duchessly smile and which did not."

Example

More examples

"Because this woman, in her native and constant geniality, failed to realise which object or experience properly merited her duchessly smile and which did not."

Etymology

From duchess + -ly.

More for "duchessly"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.