duchessly

adj

Etymology

From duchess + -ly.

  1. derived from duchesse
  2. inherited from duchesse
  3. suffixed as duchessly — “duchess + ly

Definitions

  1. Befitting a duchess.

    • Because this woman, in her native and constant geniality, failed to realise which object or experience properly merited her duchessly smile and which did not.
    • It was going to be difficult to give the impression of duchessly serenity and authority if she kept going astray in her own home, and she was considering asking Jack to draw her a map when she heard voices approaching round a blind corner.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA