Associations to the word «Maidenly»

Wiktionary

MAIDENLY, adjective. Of or pertaining to a maiden.
MAIDENLY, adjective. Suitable for, or befitting a maiden; gentle; modest; pure.

Dictionary definition

MAIDENLY, adjective. Befitting or characteristic of a maiden; "a maidenly blush".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne