'Maidenly' definitions:
Definition of 'maidenly'
From: WordNet
adjective
Befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush" [syn: maidenlike, maidenly]
Definition of 'Maidenly'
From: GCIDE
- Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, a. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved. [1913 Webster]
- Must you be blushing ? . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Maidenly'
From: GCIDE
- Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, adv. In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." --Skelton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'maidenly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstinent,
- bachelorlike,
- beardless,
- boyish,
- boylike,
- calflike,
- callow,
- celibate,
- childish,
- childlike,
- coltish,
- continent,
- dewy,
- distaff,
- ever-new,
- evergreen,
- female,
- feminine,
- firsthand,
- fledgling,
- fresh,
- gentlewomanlike,
- girlish,
- girllike,
- green,
- gynecic,
- gynecoid,
- gynic,
- husbandless,
- immature,
- intact,
- kiddish,
- kittenish,
- ladylike,
- little-girlish,
- maiden,
- matronal,
- matronlike,
- matronly,
- muliebral,
- neoteric,
- nestling,
- new,
- old-maidish,
- original,
- petticoat,
- Platonic,
- pristine,
- puerile,
- puplike,
- puppyish,
- puppylike,
- raw,
- sempervirent,
- single,
- sole,
- spinsterish,
- spinsterlike,
- spinsterly,
- spouseless,
- unbeaten,
- undeveloped,
- unfledged,
- unhandled,
- unmarried,
- untouched,
- untried,
- untrodden,
- unused,
- unwed,
- unwedded,
- vernal,
- vestal,
- virgin,
- virginal,
- womanish,
- womanlike,
- womanly,
- young