maidenly
- s befitting or characteristic of a maiden
a maidenly blush
- In October, for example, the creators of All My Children arranged the maiden, if not maidenly, appearance of a continuing lesbian character.
- Never one to conceal her charms behind the veils of maidenly Moslem modesty, pretty Princess Aisha, 26, the French-educated eldest daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco, is an .
- There bustles through the entertainment a fussy and magnificently maidenly sister of one of the bachelors, to whose share falls much of the comedy.