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matronly

adjective as in womanly

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Example Sentences

The Don in Welsh mythology was also often associated with her matronly Irish counterpart.

"It's not fair, Lucy," said Mrs. Haggard reprovingly, with an attempt at matronly dignity.

You look the part; there is a sort of matronly dignity about you, Georgie, that I could never hope to attain.

Hera was therefore the goddess who presided over human marriages, and was the type of matronly virtue and dignity.

The two daughters went over to the tea tabouret, where a matronly maid was busying with the service.

Her address to them was brief and matronly, yet spoken with so much feeling as found its way to every bosom.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to matronly, such as: dignified, female, honorable, ladylike, mature, and motherly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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