matronly in English

adjective
1
like or characteristic of a matron, especially in being dignified and staid and typically associated with having a large or plump build.
she was beginning to look matronly

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1. " No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.

2. A matronly head appeared around a door.

3. Her matronly fame was trodden under all men's feet.

4. Amy was now stout and matronly, the mother of three children.

5. Don't wear this matronly dress. It is not suitable for you.

6. Her older sister, Margaret, was matronly and dignified, probably from having assumed matronly and housewifely responsibilities too early in life, their mother having died when they were quite young.

7. Women with large cup sizes are no longer restricted to matronly bras, the research found.

8. Mary, in her matronly days (Sentencedict), became as solid in figure as her mother.

9. Rochester in her behalf; but, hard-favoured and matronly as she was, the idea could not be admitted.

10. Mary, a matronly young blonde, was washing dishes in the little back room that served for kitchen and dining room.

11. A long screech was followed by a thud as a matronly passenger tumbled forward, breaking her arm.

12. Above the bed in his tiny, cigarette-strewn hotel room hangs a framed photo of him and the matronly AIDS worker.

13. Now, if they could just make Elizabeth Banks look more matronly, the entire cast would be spot on.

14. On one occasion he walked up to a matronly woman at a smart cocktail party and asked, "So, what's sex like after anyway?"

15. Tsetskhladze - Ancient West & East Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral Chasteness and matronly respectability

16. Tsetskhladze - Ancient West & East *:Livia's public image and her statues portrayed her as one imbued with the qualities of moral Chasteness and matronly respectability

17. Then- the morning light still waxing stronger- old patriarchs would rise up in great haste, each in his flannel gown, and matronly dames, without pausing to put off their night-gear.

18. Meanwhile Randall had an opportunity to notice that, in spite of the thick-waisted and generally matronly figure, there were, now he came to look closely, several rather marked resemblances to Ida.