maidenlike

English

Etymology

From maiden +‎ -like.

Adjective

maidenlike (comparative more maidenlike, superlative most maidenlike)

1. Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
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   • 1820, Walter Scott, The Abbot:

     But on half a minute's reflection, the damsel changed totally her attitude and manner, folded her cloak around her arms in modest and maidenlike fashion, and walked of her own accord to the presence of the great man […].

Synonyms

• maidenly

Antonyms

• unmaidenlike

Translations

like a maiden

• Georgian: ქალწულური (kalc̣uluri)
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• Irish: maighdeanúil, mánla