queenly

Examples

• All

• This friend had blue veins beneath her silver skin, a narrow queenly nose, and hair like the preachers said: a perfumed cloud of gold.

  Fiction book (1991)

• After all, her experience of queenly women would have involved the nuns of San Jeronimo, who, as the "brides of Christ," were considered queens, and they wore crowns and floral staffs at their profession and death ceremonies to emphasize that fact.

  Academic text (2011)

• You wear an air of queenly grace Anyone can see

  Cinderella (1950)

• "We are at your service," said Eldry with queenly dignity.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Eleanor, her eyes on the keyboard, let it be known with a queenly wave that Sally was dismissed and launched herself into song.

  Fiction book (1995)

• On those mornings, Mrs. Lisbon assumed a queenly iciness.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Then she spread out the bundle in her arms—a queenly robe of the finest armelin.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "Don't you see?" In the picture, Imelda was seated in a large wicker chair frilled with ribbons and flowers, staring out into the distance, her queenly face shaded beneath a parasol held by an anonymous hand.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The actress walked the red carpet with a queenly poise that captivated everyone.

• With a queenly gesture, she invited her guests to take their seats.

Synonyms

R

royal

vsqueenly

497 3.1

Relating to a king or queen and their family

focuses on an individual's female sovereign qualities rather than institutional belonging

M

majestic

vsqueenly

50 4.3

Having great beauty and causing people to feel respect

leans toward a specific female sovereign identity rather than abstract grandeur

R

regal

vsqueenly

30 5.3

Having a grand and formal appearance like a king or queen

highlights specifically the female sovereign rank rather than just magnificence

N

noble

vsqueenly

24 3.6

Large and impressive in appearance or manner

specifies that the dignified presence belongs to a female sovereign rank

S

stately

vsqueenly

23 5.7

Having an impressive, calm look that makes people feel respect

adds the sense of a female sovereign's personal rank to that dignity

L

like royalty

vsqueenly

9 4.6

People treat you as if you were a king or queen with great care

refers to holding an actual female sovereign rank rather than mere manner

C

courtly

vsqueenly

• Literature

6 7.2

Polite and elegant like people at a royal court

focuses on personal dignified bearing and specific female rank not court manners

K

kingly

vsqueenly

4 6.7

Having the style, power, or position of a king

is similar but centers on the female sovereign identity and rank

M

monarchical

vsqueenly

2 8.2

Relating to a country ruled by a king or queen

focuses on an individual's female sovereign qualities rather than government form

Q

queenlike

vsqueenly

1 7.3

Having the look or way of a queen

is the same meaning but used as the other form

M

monarchic

vsqueenly

1 7.9

A government in which a king or queen rules

describes personal dignified appearance and female sovereign rank not the political system

E

estately

vsqueenly

• Archaic

7.8

A person or building with a grand, dignified look that impresses people

adds the notion of specific female sovereign rank to that grandeur

R

royale

vsqueenly

7.2

Very grand and luxurious, like something fit for a king or queen

emphasizes a person's female sovereign rank and dignified bearing instead

K

kinglike

vsqueenly

7.3

Looking and behaving like a king

differs by highlighting the female sovereign's personal rank and bearing

M

monarchal

vsqueenly

8.6

Having to do with kings or queens and their government

concerns personal dignified bearing and specific female sovereign rank instead

Antonyms

O

ordinary

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

How Regal

majestic

50 4.3

queenly

1 5.6

regal

30 5.3

dignified

71 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology