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Recent Examples of queenly The Instagram photo showing her queenly self in the glowing red chest plate caught the attention of the manufacturer, and Gasteyer gave Omnilux permission to share it on their own socials. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024 The smoky timber of Okonedo’s voice endows Regina with a queenly confidence, despite her flighty circumstances. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024 The queenly soprano, whom everyone venerates but somehow fails to recognize, gives off a whiff of Emilia Marty in Janacek’s The Makropulos Case. Vulture, 17 Nov. 2023 Within these walls the queen could take a break from her queenly duties, entertain her coterie of closest confidantes, and play with her children. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 17 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for queenly
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Adjective
  • Convincingly portraying a woman who regains her dignity in her quest to follow in her father’s footsteps, Hart’s performance of inscrutable sacrifice balances a regal confidence with the uneasiness of someone in perpetual survival mode.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Regallier is a high-rye, double-malt bourbon aged in new American oak and finished in regal French oak casks.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But for Canadian actor Eugene Levy, the royal encounter that awaited him was anything but ceremonial.
    Max Foster, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Several of our testers noted their children were immersed in imaginative adventures that had pets swinging, taking baths, and tucking in for royal naps.
    Emily Glover, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Queenly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/queenly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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