queenly
adverb
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Pronunciation: /ˈkwiːnli/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.
- Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
“So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.”
“There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.”
- Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish.
“The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English queen Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English queenly From queen + -ly.
- In a queenly manner; regally.