different between majestic vs queenly

English

Etymology

majesty +? -ic, 1600s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d??st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

majestic (comparative more majestic, superlative most majestic)

1. Having qualities of splendor or royalty.

Translations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kwi?nli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cw?nl??, equivalent to queen +? -ly.

Adjective

queenly (comparative queenlier, superlative queenliest)

1. Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal.
   • 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Book IV, Chapter III, [1]

     So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13,

     There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.

   • 2018, Queen True, "A Royal Stink", True and the Rainbow Kingdom

     I'm so sorry. If I'd done my queenly duties right, none of this would have happened. But maybe I can fix it with some wish help.

Synonyms

• queenlike
• reginal

Derived terms

• queenliness

Etymology 2

From queen +? -ly.

Adverb

queenly (comparative queenlier, superlative queenliest)

1. In a queenly manner; regally.

Synonyms

• queenlily