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queenly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective queenly has 1 sense
- queenly(s = adj.all) queenlike - having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" Derived forms noun queen2, noun queen3
CIDE DICTIONARY
queenly, a. [AS. cw feminine.].
Like, becoming, or suitable to, a queen. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
queenly, adj. (queenlier, queenliest)
1 fit for or appropriate to a queen.
2 majestic; queenlike.
1 fit for or appropriate to a queen.
2 majestic; queenlike.
Derivative
queenliness n.
THESAURUS
queenly
aristocratic, august, chivalrous, courtly, dignified, ducal, dynastic, exalted, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, grand, grave, high, imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperious, imposing, kinglike, kingly, knightly, ladylike, lordly, magisterial, majestic, monarchal, monarchial, monarchic, noble, of gentle blood, of rank, patrician, princelike, princely, purple, queenlike, quite the lady, regal, royal, sedate, sober, solemn, sovereign, stately, statuesque, titled, venerable, worthy
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