queenly
Collocations
4ADJ.
above, done, languid, right
VERB + QUEENLY
showed
QUEENLY + NOUN
duties, gerty, hauteur, none
PREP.
about
Definitions
adj
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.
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
In a queenly manner; regally.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen
- queenlike
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3So 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, howeve
WiktionaryThere was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.
WiktionaryI'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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