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Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.

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  1. a. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved.
  2. adv. In a maidenlike manner.
  3. adj. befitting or characteristic of a maiden
  4. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest, reserved. Must you be blushing . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become ! Shak. In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.
  5. Like a maid; suiting a maid; maiden-like; gentle, modest,reserved.Must you be blushing . . . What a maidenly man-at-arms are you become! Shak.
  6. r:100 s befitting or characteristic of a maiden