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MAIDENLY

\mˈe͡ɪdənli], \mˈe‍ɪdənli], \m_ˈeɪ_d_ə_n_l_i]\

Definitions of MAIDENLY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

In a manner suitable to, or becoming, a young girl.
Maidenliness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Maidenliness.
Maiden-like: becoming a maiden: gentle: modest.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Like, or befitting, a maiden; modest.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Befitting a maiden; gentle; modest.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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