Maidenly - English meaning

adjective

Abstaining from extramarital, or from all, sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

What is required of celibate catholic clergy is to remain chaste

adjective

Without having any sexual activity or involvement outside of marriage

Usage examples:

The main character lives a chaste, modest life.

adjective

In keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.

Usage examples:

Charlotte gave david a decorous kiss

adjective

Behaving politely and in a controlled way

Usage examples:

His manner, as ever, was decorous.

adjective

Reserved, modest, and shy (typically used of a woman).

Usage examples:

A demure young lady

adjective

(esp. of women and girls) quiet and well behaved

Usage examples:

Two demure little girls sat near their mother.

adjective

Not guilty of a crime or offence.

Usage examples:

The prisoners were later found innocent

noun

A pure, guileless, or naive person.

Usage examples:

A young innocent abroad

adjective

(of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Usage examples:

Innocent of he firmly believes that she is innocent of the crime.

adjective

Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

Usage examples:

Cars can run on pure alcohol

adjective

Not mixed with anything else

Usage examples:

The scarf is pure silk., it was a moment of pure joy., the mountain air was fresh and pure (= not p…

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

Usage examples:

He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

Usage examples:

Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

Usage examples:

Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Shy and fond of being on one's own.

Usage examples:

A gentle, retiring person who avoided conflict

verb

Leave one's job and cease to work, typically on reaching the normal age for leaving service.

Usage examples:

He retired from the navy in 1986

adjective

Unwilling to be noticed or to be with other people

Usage examples:

He’s a shy, retiring sort of person.

adjective

Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter.

Usage examples:

A cup of hot sweet tea

noun

A small shaped piece of sweet food made with sugar.

Usage examples:

A bag of sweets

adjective

(esp. of food or drink) having a taste similar to that of sugar or honey

Usage examples:

The four basic tastes are sweet, salty, bitter, and sour., i like sweet cherries., the desserts wer…

adjective

Not defiled; pure.

Usage examples:

When the subways were cleaned up, people felt better; they could get to work rumpled but undefiled.

adjective

Not spoiled or made less beautiful or pure

Usage examples:

The purity of my love was something that to me remained undefiled., how refreshing it is to see the…

adjective

Not spoiled or made impure.

Usage examples:

An unsullied reputation

adjective

Relating to the roman goddess vesta.

Usage examples:

A vestal temple

noun

A vestal virgin.

Usage examples:

Whether pope meant the line to be ironic or not, the poem clearly comes down on the side of earthly…

adjective

Being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.

Usage examples:

Virginal shyness

noun

An early spinet with the strings parallel to the keyboard, typically rectangular, and popular in 16th and 17th century houses.

Usage examples:

Some flemish ‘mother and child’ virginals were made effectively double-manual by having a small 4 v…

adjective

Never having had sex

Usage examples:

He falls deeply in love with the virginal isabella., their belief is that a young virginal bride ca…

adjective

Having or showing high moral standards.

Usage examples:

She considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

adjective

Possessing good moral qualities

Usage examples:

I’ve been up working since six o’clock this morning so i’m feeling very virtuous.