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Experienced vs Matronly - What's the difference?

experienced | matronly |

As adjectives the difference between experienced and matronly

is that experienced is having experience and skill in a subject while matronly is in the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.

As a verb experienced

is past participle of lang=en.

As an adverb matronly is

in the manner of a matron.

experienced

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having experience and skill in a subject.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}
  • Experient.

    • Antonyms

    * inexperienced * green

    Verb

    (head)

    • matronly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the capacity of a matron; serving as a housekeeper or head nurse.
    • The matronly woman cared for the sick orphan.
  • Exuding the authority, wisdom, power, and intelligence of an experienced woman.
    • ...the matronly upper arms girls know about life and love and losing... Janeane Garofalo
  • Having the appearance of a mature woman, often of larger physical stature and somewhat unkempt or dowdy.
    • Gone is her matronly gray frizzy hair and those bushy brows, frumpy frock and old lady pearls. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/04/susan-boyle-gets-a-makeover-is-she-going-hollywood-already.html]

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner of a matron.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=The mother dressed matronly , in a bonnet and in black, always sat between her two big daughters, firm, directing, and repressed.
    • , title=Three Lives , author=Gertrude Stein , pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=O2RiyQrWOv8C&pg=PA166&dq=%22dressed+matronly%22&hl=en&ei=Cm7lTsSXMYONigKZodG9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y
  • v=onepage&q=%22dressed%20matronly%22&f=false
    • , page=166 , year=1906}}
  • * {{quote-book, passage=She was the same height and weight as Mother and had the same hairdo and dressed matronly like her. It was scary. She looked so much like Mother.
    • , title=The golden mountain: beyond the American dream , author=Irene Kai , page=214 , pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=R7BuwsC5at0C&pg=PA214&dq=%22dressed+matronly%22&hl=en&ei=Cm7lTsSXMYONigKZodG9Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y
  • v=onepage&q=%22dressed%20matronly%22&f=false
    • , year=2004 , isbn=09744890-0-X}}
  • * {{quote-book, passage=“I had to dress matronly to get the position. I've had trouble with that before. I have actually been turned away for a position as stewardess because I was too pretty.”
    • , title=The One That Got Away , page=106 , pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=JO2cAymBdGsC&pg=PA106&dq=%22dress+matronly%22&hl=en&ei=eHHlTvq6DK2GiQKhqpC2Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&sqi=2&redir_esc=y
  • v=onepage&q=%22dress%20matronly%22&f=false
    • , author=Kellianne Sweeny , date=2011-05-25 , isbn=978-1-4634-0906-7}}

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