countessly
adjEtymology
From countess + -ly.
Definitions
Of or befitting a countess.
- His second daughter, a blooming girl of seventeen, pure from the dissipations of London, being on the eve of becoming a Countess, with all the accessories of countessly dignity:—dress, diamonds, opera boxes, and courtly distinction.
- In Bielostock I put up at the “Hotel of Countess Mielnicki.” Only in Poland do you find these countessly hotels. The countess is a considerable landed proprietor and she keeps the hotel in order that she may there sell the estate eggs.
- When the ball was at its height the countess cast a countessly eye over the floor and noticed that there were more people there than she had counted on.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA