Queenly

Quick meaning: Queenly is an adjective meaning Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.

Meaning

Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.

More Meanings

1. Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish.
2. In a queenly manner; regally.

Example Sentences

I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help.

There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.

So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.

The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.

Word Forms

• queenlier
• queenliest

Synonyms for queenly

Depending on context, synonyms include queenlike, reginal, queenlily, reginally, noble.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include queenlike, noble, queenish, queeny, lordly, monarchlike.

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