queenly

English

Etymology

From Middle English quēnlī, 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,
      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.

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Adverb

queenly (comparative queenlier, superlative queenliest)

  1. In a queenly manner; regally.
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