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View synonyms for queenly

queenly

[ kween-lee ]

adjective

, queen·li·er, queen·li·est.
  1. belonging or proper to a queen:

    queenly propriety.

  2. befitting, or suggestive of, a queen:

    queenly grace.



adverb

  1. in a queenly manner.

queenly

/ ˈkwiːnlɪ /

adjective

  1. resembling or appropriate to a queen
  2. having the rank of queen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in a manner appropriate to a queen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈqueenliness, noun
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Other Words From

  • queenli·ness noun
  • un·queenly adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of queenly1

First recorded in 1530–40; queen + -ly
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Example Sentences

Then she tosses the cake in the garbage bag on the housekeeping trolley with a queenly flourish, all without breaking her stride to the elevator.

From Salon

“You get knots, right?” could hardly be a tinier change, but many such changes, over many, many hours, smooth her annoyingly ellipsis-crowded writing into a natural, intimate spoken narrative — if always a queenly one.

Regal, queenly and majestic can sometimes register as standoffish or — gasp — going all Hollywood.

In an atmosphere of lavish pomp and royal luxury, the queenly Sugar Plum Fairy presides over choreographed tributes by different groups of leaping, frolicking, food-bearing “ambassadors.”

High and flinty, with a bone-deep coal-country drawl that refused to fade even as she ascended to a queenly position in the Nashville star system, her singing sliced through polished arrangements like a sharpened blade.

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