MAIDENLY

a. adv.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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.

2.
adv.

In a maidenlike manner. "Maidenly demure." Skelton.

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