queenly

Definition

Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.

Etymology

From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.

Example Sentences

• "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."
• "I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help."