adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   maidenly archaic, poetic
2. 2
   Resembling or characteristic of a maid (female domestic servant).

   "Somehow his maidlike service to her collapsed what she was building up, psychologically."

Example

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"Somehow his maidlike service to her collapsed what she was building up, psychologically."

Etymology

From maid + -like.

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