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Queenly vs Queerly - What's the difference?

queenly | queerly |

As adverbs the difference between queenly and queerly

is that queenly is in a queenly manner; regally while queerly is in a queer or strange manner; eccentrically; unconventionally; oddly.

As an adjective queenly

is having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.

queenly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.

    Adverb

    (er)
  • In a queenly manner; regally.

    • queerly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a queer or strange manner; eccentrically; unconventionally; oddly.