as in virginal
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Recent Examples of maidenly
Virgo Virgo is symbolized by the maidenly virgin, which often leads to the misconception that Virgos are prudish and innocent.
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Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 25 Oct. 2017
Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 25 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidenly
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Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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On paper, with less than a minute left in the first half, this was no time for youthful recklessness.Michael Silver, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the 1970s, The Osmonds transitioned from youthful crooners to teenage heartthrobs with a knack for catchy, genre-spanning hits.Darryn King, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Verse is one of the top players for a young Rams defensive front that is excelling in the post-Aaron Donald era.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Should Grier and McDaniel be allowed to draft another young quarterback in their win-a-playoff-game-or-get-shown-the-door season?Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025
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There’s something soft about the play, a little ingenuous and underbrewed.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2024
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And while some delusions of the self are less opportunistic and others feel more ingenuous, the tilt of reality to suit ourselves is nonetheless slippery.Megan O’Grady, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2020
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“Maidenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidenly. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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