"maidenly" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unmaidenly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "maidenly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English maidenly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maiden",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "maiden + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English maidenly, equivalent to maiden + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more maidenly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most maidenly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maidenly (comparative more maidenly, superlative most maidenly)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maidenliness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to a maiden."
      ],
      "id": "en-maidenly-en-adj-yUgRlhP3",
      "links": [
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "xcl",
          "lang": "Old Armenian",
          "roman": "koys",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "կոյս"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mominski",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "момински"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "devičeski",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "девически"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kalc̣uluri",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "ქალწულური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "virgineo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "puellāris"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "virgineus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévičij/devíčij",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "де́вичий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévičij/devíčij",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
          "word": "деви́чий"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women",
          "text": "“I’ll try, but it was a very ungentlemanly thing to do, I didn’t think you could be so sly and malicious, Laurie,” replied Meg, trying to hide her maidenly confusion under a gravely reproachful air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suitable for, or befitting a maiden; gentle; modest; pure; shy."
      ],
      "id": "en-maidenly-en-adj-g1TDZ3Z5",
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "shy",
          "shy"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parthénos",
          "sense": "suitable for, or befitting a maiden",
          "word": "παρθένος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "parthénos",
          "sense": "suitable for, or befitting a maiden",
          "word": "παρθένος"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "maidenly"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "unmaidenly"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly",
    "Requests for review of Irish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "maidenly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English maidenly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "maiden",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "maiden + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English maidenly, equivalent to maiden + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more maidenly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most maidenly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "maidenly (comparative more maidenly, superlative most maidenly)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "maidenliness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to a maiden."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1868-69, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 21, in Little Women",
          "text": "“I’ll try, but it was a very ungentlemanly thing to do, I didn’t think you could be so sly and malicious, Laurie,” replied Meg, trying to hide her maidenly confusion under a gravely reproachful air.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suitable for, or befitting a maiden; gentle; modest; pure; shy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "modest",
          "modest"
        ],
        [
          "pure",
          "pure"
        ],
        [
          "shy",
          "shy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "koys",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "կոյս"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mominski",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "момински"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "devičeski",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "девически"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kalc̣uluri",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "ქალწულური"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "virgineo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "puellāris"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "virgineus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévičij/devíčij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "де́вичий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévičij/devíčij",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to a maiden",
      "word": "деви́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parthénos",
      "sense": "suitable for, or befitting a maiden",
      "word": "παρθένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parthénos",
      "sense": "suitable for, or befitting a maiden",
      "word": "παρθένος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maidenly"
}