queenly

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
21
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈkwiːnli/

Definition of queenly

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
    “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.”
    “There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.”
    “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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adj

  1. Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
    “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.”
    “There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.”
    “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.”
  2. Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish.
    “The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.”

adv

  1. In a queenly manner; regally.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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