Crossword clues for maidenliness
maidenliness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maidenliness \Maid"en*li*ness\, n. The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.
Wiktionary
n. The state or condition of being maidenly.
WordNet
n. behavior befitting a young maiden
Usage examples of "maidenliness".
She retreated as young ladies should ever do, two or three steps, and he would not notice that she had become an angry Dian, all arrows: her maidenliness in surrendering pleased him.
She sat up straight, by force of her instinctive maidenliness, but she kissed him back when he kissed her.
A great change must come over her before her reserved maidenliness could soften to such sweet humility.
She observed that my eyes were upon her, and in an act of instinctive maidenliness she bore her hand to her throat to draw the draperies together and screen the beauties of her neck from my unwarranted glance, as though her daily gown did not reveal as much and more of them.
The occasional appearances of Gussie Gryll goad me into a new awareness of how much she means to me, especially as she and Gussie have now struck up a friendship based on jokes and, God help us, mock gallantry from him and mock maidenliness from her.