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matronly

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈmeɪtɹənli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted almnortyStarts with MEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman

Word origin

From matron + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • The door opened, but it was to admit a middle-aged matronly lady with good-humour and domestic capability proclaimed by every detail of her smiling face and easy manner.
  • c. 1977, Janeane Garofalo, a skit the matronly upper arms girls know about life and love and losing
  • The mother dressed matronly, in a bonnet and in black, always sat between her two big daughters, firm, directing, and repressed.

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