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queenly, a.|ˈkwiːnlɪ|
[f. queen n. + -ly1. OE. had cwénlic in the sense of ‘feminine’.]
1. Belonging to, appropriate to, a queen.
c1540Cromwell Let. to Hen. VIII in Burnet Rec. (1779) I. iii. 193, I answered and said..that I thought she had a Queenly manner. 1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. D iij, He deprived her of all queenly honour. 1570Foxe A. & M. I. 546 Whether they shal be eyther of regal, quenely, or imperial dignitie. 1849W. M. W. Cull Reverberations ii. 2 Soon Alcestis..With a queenlier presence..Stept forth. 1878Gladstone Prim. Homer 133 In the Odyssey Helen reappears full of queenly dignity.
2. Resembling a queen; queenlike. Also fig.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 87 That queenly flower becomes the water. 1854Doran Habits & Men 104 Anne of Denmark..did not look queenly even in Elizabeth's robes. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) III. xi. 33 It had brought forth its queenly leaves and its kingly fruit.
Comb.1871Amy Dutton Streets & Lanes i. 32 A queenly-looking old lady.
3. Characteristic or reminiscent of a male homosexual (see queen n. 12).
1968Listener 11 July 59/3 Paul Scofield..is using his queenliest Staircase manner to play a bisexual script⁓writer. 1976Times 5 Apr. 6/8 A..rumour went around that the play was really about homosexuals. Certainly some of the dialogue does have a queenly tinge.
So ˈqueenly adv., in the manner of a queen.
a1851Moir To a wounded Ptarmigan vi, The wild swan from the lake, Ice-unfetter'd oar'd it queenly. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 169 Queenly responsive when the loyal hand Rose..as she past. |