matronly

adjective · adverbB1

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adjective
Comparative
more matronly
Superlative
most matronly
  1. 1.

    In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.

  2. 2.

    Exuding the authority, wisdom, power, and intelligence of an experienced woman.

    c. 1977, Janeane Garofalo, a skit the matronly upper arms girls know about life and love and losing

  3. 3.

    Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.

    27 April 2009, LA Times https://web.archive.org/web/20090427074230/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/04/susan-boyle-gets-a-makeover-is-she-going-hollywood-already.html Gone is her matronly gray frizzy hair and those bushy brows, frumpy frock and old lady pearls.

Trạng từ

adverb
Comparative
more matronly
Superlative
most matronly
  1. 1.

    In the manner of a matron.

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