Crossword-Solution: MATRONLY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Matronly | a. | Advanced in years; elderly. |
| Matronly | a. | Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “MATRONLY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Like a dignified, grown woman | 1 answer |
| Like a dowager | 1 answer |
| Like a grande dame's bearing | 1 answer |
| A GROWN WOMAN | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EETRA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with MATRONLY (5)
Such an interview, perhaps, would have been more terrible than even to meet him as she now did, with the hot mid-day sun burning down upon her face, and lighting up its shame; with the scarlet token of infamy on her breast; with the sin-born infant in her arms; with a whole people, drawn forth as to a festival, staring at the features that should have been seen only in the quiet gleam of the fireside, in the happy shadow of a home, or beneath a matronly veil at church.
The women were both of goodly height, Madame Ratignolle possessing the more feminine and matronly figure.
Why does a coming bereavement project no thin faint voice, no shadow of its woe, to warn its happy, heedless victims? Why cannot Olympians ever think it worth while to give some hint of the thunderbolts they are silently forging? And why, oh, why did it never enter any of our thick heads that the day would come when even Charlotte would be considered too matronly for toys? One's so-called education is hammered into one with rulers and with canes.
Cronshaw, hearing her, turned a sheepish eye upon her; she was stout, matronly, and middle-aged; and solemnly kissed his hand to her.
Hay Denver was tall and stout, with a bright, round, ruddy-cheeked face still pretty, with a gracious, matronly comeliness.
Quotes with MATRONLY (3)
A sampler of England's hottest 'chefs' would include a mostly hairless young blond lad named Jamie Oliver, who is referred to as the Naked Chef. As best as I can comprehend, he's a really rich guy who pretends he scoots around on a Vespa, hangs out in some East End cold-water flat, and cooks green curry for his 'mates'. He's a TV chef, so few actually eat his food. I've never seen him naked. I believe the 'Naked' refers to his 'simple, straightforward, unadorned' food; though…
I have people in my life who will say, 'Honey, you're trying too hard.' I like being saucy, but I'm 73 and a half. I'm still trying to find my way between matronly and coltishness.
I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, CrosSynergy, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1972–2006).