QUEENLY (queenlier, queenliest)

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Irregular inflected forms: queenlier    , queenliest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does queenly mean? 

• QUEENLY (adjective)
  The adjective QUEENLY has 1 sense:

1. having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen

  Familiarity information: QUEENLY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUEENLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen

Synonyms:

queenlike; queenly

Context example:

Rosetti's queenly portraits of women

Similar:

noble (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times)

Derivation:

queen (a female sovereign ruler)

queen (the wife or widow of a king)

 Context examples 

She threw her head back in a queenly way but said, “Dear, dear Endeavour Island! I shall always love it.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It was a queenly presence—tall, graceful, and intensely womanly.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Ingram, who had now seated herself with proud grace at the piano, spreading out her snowy robes in queenly amplitude, commenced a brilliant prelude; talking meantime.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The firelight played over her features, and Alleyne thought that he had never seen such queenly power, such dignity and strength, upon a woman's face.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I may add that she was a woman of great beauty, and that even now, when she has been married for upwards of thirty years, she is still of a striking and queenly appearance.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her queenly figure was moulded upon large and noble lines, while her face, though already tending to become somewhat heavy and coarse, was still remarkable for the brilliancy of the complexion, the beauty of the large, light blue eyes, and the tinge of the dark hair which curled over the low white forehead.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had time to note the light, fluffy something that hid her queenly head, the tasteful lines of her wrapped figure, the gracefulness of her carriage and of the hand that caught up her skirts; and then she was gone and he was left staring at the two girls of the cannery, at their tawdry attempts at prettiness of dress, their tragic efforts to be clean and trim, the cheap cloth, the cheap ribbons, and the cheap rings on the fingers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Maud was waiting patiently for me, and I took notice, with a thrill of joy, of the queenly poise of her head and her glorious, calm eyes.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

So she prattled on to her hawk, while Alleyne walked by her side, stealing a glance from time to time at this queenly and wayward woman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She stood grandly defiant, a queenly figure, her eyes fixed upon his as if she would read his very soul.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)