Definition of Maidenly

Maid´en`ly
a.1.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.
adv.1.In a maidenlike manner.


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