queenly

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen +‎ -ly.

Adjective

queenly (comparative queenlier, superlative queenliest)

1. Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
   • 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book IV, Chapter III, [1]

     So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13,

     There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.

   • 2018, Queen True, "A Royal Stink", True and the Rainbow Kingdom

     I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help.

Synonyms

• queenlike

Derived terms

• queenliness

Etymology 2

From queen +‎ -ly.

Adverb

queenly (comparative queenlier, superlative queenliest)

1. In a queenly manner; regally.