maidenlike
adjEtymology
From maiden + -like.
Definitions
Like a maiden
Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
- Whereto serves this mayden-like bashfulnesse[…]but to increase a desire and endeare a longing in us to vanquish, to gourmandize, and at our pleasure to dispose all this squeamish ceremonie, and all these peevish obstacles?
- But on half a minute's reflection, the damsel changed totally her attitude and manner, folded her cloak around her arms in modest and maidenlike fashion, and walked of her own accord to the presence of the great man[…].
The neighborhood
- antonymunmaidenlike
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA