queenly
IPA: kwˈinɫi
adjective
- Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
adverb
- In a queenly manner; regally.
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Examples of "queenly" in Sentences
- Her singing can justly be called queenly.
- Olga was noted for her dignity and queenly demeanor.
- That night was one of many such evenings in queenly Venice.
- Other cultures maintain different traditions on queenly status.
- Opis also acquired queenly status and was reputed to be an eminent goddess.
- And his goodwill sunned her wild-grown beauty into majesty, into a kind of queenly richness.
- There is little that can credibly be called queenly about these creatures, least of all when they display their menacing teeth.
- And 'queenly' becomes 'witchy' -- a powerful sorceress who can mysteriously bend people's will to do the most horrific acts against nature, man and God.
- There was something stately and distinguished in her carriage, "queenly" her friends called her, while her critics described her as reserved and distant.
- The "queenly" Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope, the unnamed avenger in Charles Augustus Milverton, the intrepid Violet Hunter - plenty of material for filmmakers to draw on!
- On ABC, Tina Brown, the editor of The Daily Beast and Newsweek, who wrote a biography of Princess Diana, couldn't stop praising the bride's poise and aptitude for her new job, using the word "queenly" to describe the newly named Duchess of Cambridge.
- Whenever Wodehouse writes about an intimidatingly tall and handsome young woman (usually to contrast her with his heroines, who tend to be small and slight in build), he's parodying the "queenly" heroines of many novels at the time, particularly those of Ethel M. Dell (I've actually read an Ethel M. Dell novel and hope to write about it after the shell-shock wears off).