maidenly

1. 1.

   befitting or characteristic of a maiden

   “a maidenly blush”

   Synonymsmaidenlike

   Similarfeminine

Questions about maidenly

What does maidenly mean?

maidenly means "befitting or characteristic of a maiden".

How many syllables are in maidenly?

maidenly has 3 syllables and divides as mai-den-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for maidenly?

Close synonyms include maidenlike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.