Meaning

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

    matronenhaft

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

    befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman

Translations

2 languages
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By meaning 1
in the capacity of a matron:

Forms

more matronly, most matronly
Comparativemore matronly Lesson
Superlativemost matronly Lesson

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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