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queenly
/ ˈkwiːnlɪ /
adjective
- resembling or appropriate to a queen
- having the rank of queen
adverb
- in a manner appropriate to a queen
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Derived Forms
- ˈqueenliness, noun
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Other Words From
- queenli·ness noun
- un·queenly adjective
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Example Sentences
We privately see ourselves as queenly beings who get to decide which of our subjects to anoint with a knighthood.
The best known Elizabeth Taylor was one of Mary Pickford's most successful heirs—in money-earning as well as queenly status.
Venice is a City of the Past, and wears her faded yet queenly robes more gracefully by night than by day.
Sure no words that ever were spoken could describe her queenly gait and inspiring glances.
Nita was unconscious that the stranger's eyes dwelt admiringly upon her queenly beauty as she sat in the velvet arm-chair.
Mrs. Slade considered that she herself could have carried off that elegance in a much more queenly manner.
But one of them, a queenly-looking lady, would not be satisfied with the answer.
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