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damely en · ADJ

Etymology

From dame + -ly.

Meanings

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a dame (all senses)
   • Instead of compromising her damely dignity, they arguably give a fuller sense of a well-rounded individual which runs counter to the usual (rather restrictive) cultural logic of what is appropriate for women over 60, and perhaps women of her particular class milieu especially. 2015, Deborah Jermyn, Susan Holmes, Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing:
   • Will she be remembered more as a character, thoroughly damely and commanding, or for her writings? 2005, Rosemary Dinnage, Alone! Alone!: Lives of Some Outsider Women:

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