What does spinsterly mean?
Spinsterly means of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood.
We had seen Tish's apartment change from a sedate and spinsterly retreat to a riot of lace covers on the mantel, on the backs of chairs, on the stands, on the pillows--everywhere.
By now most theater audiences can sing along with the post-Vietnam GI blues, but Steve Metcalfe's 1982 tale of a veteran and his sister and the war comrade who rescues them has lost none of its compassion, either for the men unwilling to confront choices they made in the heat of battle or for the tarnished knight and spinsterly lady who find themselves drawn to each other.
On the day the book begins, Che’s sheltered life of doormen, museum visits, country house retreats and spinsterly games of ludo comes to an end.
Use spinsterly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spinsterly means of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We had seen Tish's apartment change from a sedate and spinsterly retreat to a riot of lace covers on the mantel, on the backs of chairs, on the stands, on the pillows--everywhere.
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