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Synonyms for old-maidish


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ohld-mey-dish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊldˈmeɪ dɪʃ

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Définition of old-maidish

  • adj genteel
Example sentences :
  • Laughing at her old-maidish precautions, they let her have her way.
  • Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
  • This old-maidish attorney was meek and wise, but by no means timid.
  • Extract from : « Guy Deverell, v. 2 of 2 » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • People had laughed at him for being so old-maidish, as they put it.
  • Extract from : « Ladies and Gentlemen  » by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
  • Indeed, she was as prim and old-maidish as any spinster lady possibly could be.
  • Extract from : « The Corner House Girls » by Grace Brooks Hill
  • It has been in no busy, old-maidish, envious spirit that I have watched these affairs.
  • Extract from : « Friends I Have Made » by George Manville Fenn
  • I'm not old-maidish, my dear, though I've escaped holy matrimony.
  • Extract from : « The Black Cat » by John Todhunter
  • Mr. Reed, you certainly are the most old-maidish man I ever saw in my life.
  • Extract from : « Trifles for the Christmas Holidays » by H. S. Armstrong
  • He's an old-maidish sort of fellow, and is easily frightened.
  • Extract from : « The Colossus » by Opie Read
  • A gentle, old-maidish person and a sweet young girl of seventeen sat right in front of us that night at the Mannheim opera.
  • Extract from : « A Tramp Abroad, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • Miss Holmes was very nice and sensible, but there were some old-maidish traits.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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