A maidenly blush. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a maidenly blush. From Dictionary.com.
Perhaps she had not that kind of maidenly shyness, sometimes called conventional propriety, sometimes described as 'mauvaise honte' which a woman of the world would have shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference
"Oh, mamma!" said Min, in an agony of maidenly shame. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
Do you think it wholly proper, perfectly maidenly, for. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Nature has thrown a wall of maidenly modesty around you. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
In public, Mary was brought up with maidenly deportment. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Minds Her Business] Reference
In maidenly modesty she was a deal abashed, yet such was. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
The pinky petals of lady's-smocks peer maidenly, maidenly. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917] Reference
"And as good as she was wild -- as maidenly as she was pure.". From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Taxed of her youthful array, her maidenly bloom fresh-glowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Poems and Fragments of Catullus] Reference
Rhea in maidenly glee caroll'd down with her urn to the Tiber. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
But by her purity and maidenly reserve she merits our attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
This maidenly attitude corrodes confidence and destroys initiative. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
It was more maidenly then to be oblivious of a young man's presence. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Zuleika blushed and hung her head in maidenly modesty; then she exclaimed. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
She seemed altogether more modest and maidenly in the water than out of it. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
I do not object to a girl making herself attractive to men in a modest and maidenly way. From Wordnik.com. [From a Girl's Point of View] Reference
She was independent in thought as well as in action, but never at the cost of maidenly sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
In that field right over there Ruth gleaned for Boaz, and her maidenly purity won the hearts of all. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Land of Canaan] Reference
With maidenly pride and dignity, the lady repelled his suit, and severely stigmatized his insolence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
Then with feigned maidenly piquancy and many reproachful glances, she went out laughing good humoredly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
The likeness shows a maidenly, almost childish face, of a peculiar expression, without any classic lines. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Between her own inclinations and her mother's ideas of maidenly culture a great contest immediately arose. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands] Reference
And the Lord approved; in truth He said "Yes!" so audibly that Miss Spinster hesitated hut one maidenly minute. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
Have you no feeling of self-respect and maidenly reserve? or is your letter a feeble attempt at a dull joke?. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886.] Reference
The story of the awakening of a young girl, whose maidenly emotions are set forth as Elinor Glyn alone knows how. From Wordnik.com. [One Day A sequel to 'Three Weeks'] Reference
Nettie already had gray hairs about her temples, so answered her mother's question without any maidenly embarrassment. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
She had loved this man deeply, in a maidenly, modest way; but he had gone away without speaking, and had not since written. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Based on a Chinese legend, "" Mulan '' tells of a girl who's a failure at all the maidenly arts, especially husband hunting. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Warrior] Reference
As to those parts which Alice, through evident maidenly reserve, passed over hurriedly, he did not urge more explicit recital. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Charming in speech and manner, backed by parents of incontestable respectability, Miss Hill was the very image of maidenly modesty. From Wordnik.com. [Sexual Separatism] Reference
What was wanting in the face was what gave it its peculiar maidenly charm -- a lack of passion, a little lack, perhaps, of strength. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
After dinner the bride was again urged to get up, but maidenly modesty and her dutifulness to her parents still forbade her to obey. From Wordnik.com. [Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women] Reference
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