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Recent Examples of matronly
Pinkham’s matronly smile, printed on labels and advertisements, became as well known as Mona Lisa’s.
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Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2025
Every few days, a matronly Spanish woman appeared at the fountain to give me a plastic bag with bananas and bread, and sometimes little packets of butter and jam.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2024
Transforming the elegant British, non-Jewish actress into the matronly prime minister required prosthetics for the cheeks, chin, nose and neck, plus contact lenses and a wig.
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Valli Herman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2024
Mary’s childhood has all of the workhouse tragedy of a Dickens novel, plus insufficient scenes of Susan Lynch as a stern, matronly figure from her youth.
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Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
30 Jan. 2025
Every few days, a matronly Spanish woman appeared at the fountain to give me a plastic bag with bananas and bread, and sometimes little packets of butter and jam.
—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
8 Jan. 2024
Transforming the elegant British, non-Jewish actress into the matronly prime minister required prosthetics for the cheeks, chin, nose and neck, plus contact lenses and a wig.
—
Valli Herman,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2024
Mary’s childhood has all of the workhouse tragedy of a Dickens novel, plus insufficient scenes of Susan Lynch as a stern, matronly figure from her youth.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for matronly
Adjective
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With its elegant, womanly heel curving into a narrow point and its sensible perforated top designed to resemble a man's oxford dress shoe, the oxford pump is the shoe of a woman who stands between two worlds.
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Marant launched her label and had her first show in 1994, quickly becoming a byword for a hip, womanly brand of boho chic.
Adjective
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The juxtaposition of the apex masculinity of the professional athlete with traditionally feminine signifiers of the luxury handbag does seem to short circuit something in the wider culture.
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The brand's elevated styles are heavily marked down right now, including the feminine Lace Midi Dress at 57 percent off and the flattering Colorblock High-rise Riley Trousers at 54 percent off.
Adjective
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Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.
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Most events involve skateboards or BMX bikes, with male and female athletes competing separately.
Adjective
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Sinclaire has an agent for a memoir, and Gonzalez is thinking about writing a book about matriarchal communities.
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Navajo society was matrilineal and matriarchal, and women had already long been involved in work outside the home.
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“Matronly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matronly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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