matronly
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But that doesn’t mean that she has to look matronly, either.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
Out is the matronly decorum that characterized Elizabeth’s reign.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Her youthful style had given way to matronly suits, sensible shoes, quaint hats and an immutable, immovable gray coiffure.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
But Barbara Bush wasn’t thrilled with Abrams’s matronly portrait of her.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Her older sister, Margaret, was matronly and dignified, probably from having assumed matronly and housewifely responsibilities too early in life, their mother having died when they were quite young.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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The Awakening
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Novel Study: The Awakening, Chapters 1–19
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