“I’ll try, but it was a very ungentlemanly thing to do, I didn’t think you could be so sly and malicious, Laurie,” replied Meg, trying to hide her maidenly confusion under a gravely reproachful air.
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Maidenly
Synonyms for "maidenly" (90 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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More general
8 entriesadjectiveadverb of mannerbehavioral traitdescriptive termmanner adverbmoral attributepersonal qualitypersonality trait
More specific
11 entriesdemure demeanordiffidencegenteel conductmaidenhoodmaidenly fashionmodest deportmentmodestypurityreticenceshynessvirtue
Collocations
11 entriesmaidenly beautymaidenly decorummaidenly demurenessmaidenly gracemaidenly innocencemaidenly mannermaidenly modestymaidenly silencemaidenly speechmaidenly tonemaidenly virtue
Inflections
2 entriesmore maidenlymost maidenly
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
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