What does "maidenly" mean?
Maidenly: Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved. Must you be blushing . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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