maidenly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
maidenly
    adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly
           blush" [syn: {maidenlike}, {maidenly}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, a.
   Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,
   reserved.
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         Must you be blushing ? . . .
         What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! --Shak.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Maidenly \Maid"en*ly\, adv.
   In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." --Skelton.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "maidenly":
      Platonic, abstinent, bachelorlike, beardless, boyish, boylike,
      calflike, callow, celibate, childish, childlike, coltish,
      continent, dewy, distaff, ever-new, evergreen, female, feminine,
      firsthand, fledgling, fresh, gentlewomanlike, girlish, girllike,
      green, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, husbandless, immature, intact,
      kiddish, kittenish, ladylike, little-girlish, maiden, matronal,
      matronlike, matronly, muliebral, neoteric, nestling, new,
      old-maidish, original, petticoat, pristine, puerile, puplike,
      puppyish, puppylike, raw, sempervirent, single, sole, spinsterish,
      spinsterlike, spinsterly, spouseless, unbeaten, undeveloped,
      unfledged, unhandled, unmarried, untouched, untried, untrodden,
      unused, unwed, unwedded, vernal, vestal, virgin, virginal,
      womanish, womanlike, womanly, young
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