单词 | maidenliness |
释义 | maidenliness (once / 173814 pages) n WORD FAMILY maidenly: maidenliness+/maiden: maidenhood, maidenlike, maidenly, maidens/maidenhood: maidenhoods USAGE EXAMPLESMaidenliness had ceased to be a matter of convention and had become a matter of fact. Harding, Ellison, The Woman Who Vowed—The Demetrian(2011) But sudden blushes and deep pallor interchanged on her face, which turned with an expression of perfect, modest maidenliness toward the old lady's face. Heimburg, W., A Sister's Love—A Novel(2010) In good sooth, a young maid is all the better for learning some robuster virtues than maidenliness and not to move the antimacassars. Sacker, Amy, Jackanapes(2010) n behavior befitting a young maiden Hyper femininity, muliebrity the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women |
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