maidenly
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And it's adapted with a heightened, soap opera-y sense of dramatic irony conveyed through longing glances, annoyed walking, and maidenly sighing.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2021
Whether playing the ecstatic tissue-tearing child, the photographing parent, the maidenly aunt or avuncular uncle, we are never more “literary” than we are on Christmas morning.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
At the end of the 1991 cartoon, when the enchantment is lifted, he looks incomplete, vaguely embryonic—a smooth-skinned creature with maidenly bedhead and a tentative smile.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Perhaps executives at Wal-Mart are indeed right this minute fanning themselves in maidenly horror at the cover image of West's forthcoming album.
From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2011
My maidenly blushes were not phony—felt my face would catch fire with fear and embarrassment.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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