queenly
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queenly¹
- /ˈkwiːnli/
Where it comes from
From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly.
adjective queenlier · queenliest
- Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal. 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.
- Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish. 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 sing
queenly²
- /ˈkwiːnli/
Thesaurus
Talk about this word "queenly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/queenly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. queenly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/queenly "queenly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/queenly.Cite this
@misc{queenly_2026,
title = {queenly},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/queenly},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
