queenly
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queen·ly
(kwēn′lē)adj. queen·li·er, queen·li·est
1. Having the status or rank of queen.
2. Of, resembling, or befitting a queen; majestic and regal.
adv.
In a royal way; regally.
queen′li·ness n.
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queenly
(ˈkwiːnlɪ)adj, -lier or -liest
1. resembling or appropriate to a queen
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) having the rank of queen
adv
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) in a manner appropriate to a queen
ˈqueenliness n
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queen•ly
(ˈkwin li)adj. -li•er, -li•est.
belonging to or suggestive of a queen.
[1530–40]
queen′li•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | queenly - having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen; "queenly propriety"; "clad in her queenly raiment"; "Rosetti's queenly portraits of women" noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth" |
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queenly
adjective majestic, royal, grand, imperial, noble, regal, stately She was a queenly, organizing type.
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Translations
مَلَكي، لائِق بِمَلِكَه
královský
dronningeagtig
királynõi
drottningar-, drottningarlegur
kraliçe gibi
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queenly
[ˈkwiːnli] adja queenly woman (= impressive-looking) → une femme au port de reine (= dignified) → une femme qui se donne des airs importantsQueen Mother n
the Queen Mother → la reine mèreQueen's Counsel n → avocat m de la couronnequeen-size bed [ˈkwiːnsaɪz] queen-sized bed [ˈkwiːnsaɪzd] n → grand lit m doubleQueen's speech n (British) → discours m de la reine
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queen
(kwiːn) noun1. a woman who rules a country, who inherits her position by right of birth. the Queen of England; Queen Elizabeth II.
2. the wife of a king. The king and his queen were both present.
3. a woman who is in some way important, excellent or special. a beauty queen; a movie queen.
4. a playing-card with a picture of a queen on it. I have two aces and a queen.
5. an important chess-piece. a bishop, a king and a queen.
6. the egg-laying female of certain kinds of insect (especially bees, ants and wasps).
7. (slang) a homosexual man who assumes the female role.
ˈqueenly adjective of, like or suitable for, a queen.
queen mother the mother of the reigning king or queen, who was herself once a queen.
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