princessly

English

Etymology 1

From princess +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix).[1]

Adjective

princessly (comparative more princessly, superlative most princessly)

  1. Befitting a princess; noble, dainty, etc.
    Synonyms: princessish, princesslike, princessy
    Coordinate term: princely
    • 2019, Sara Pascoe, Sex Power Money:
      I sincerely believe she should kiss us all, it's her princessly duty.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From princess +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective.

Adverb

princessly (comparative more princessly, superlative most princessly)

  1. (rare) In the manner of a princess.
    Coordinate term: princely
    • 1952 December 6, Rob Roy, “New Deal in Show Business: Finds ‘Smart Affairs’ Progressive and Smart Musical Comedy Menu”, in Chicago Defender, national edition, volume XLVIII, number 35, Chicago, Ill.: Robert S[engstacke] Abbott Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 3:
      And Mr. [Larry] Steele has done plenty to make it appreciable with his ingenious staging and directing of the scene. It makes one wish to scream above the sound of dancing feet of those princessly dressed dolls, “Bravo, better late than never.”
    • 1954 July 3, Ole Nosey [pseudonym], “Everybody Goes when the Wagon Comes”, in Chicago Defender, city edition, volume L, number 9, Chicago, Ill.: Robert S[engstacke] Abbott Pub. Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
      THERESA BOOTH YANCEY among the princessly dressed at Sunday’s “Tea” talking of plans to motor east.
    • 1996 April 22, David Of Bedlam, “Wry Quips And A FairyTale”, in alt.angst‎[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 November 2025:
      More time has passed and I have no word from my True Love far away, because *I* was mean to HER as she says so princessly.
    • 1997, Sandra Glaze, chapter 3, in Willobe of Wuzz, Vancouver, B.C.: Ronsdale Press, published April 1998 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 25:
      The idea was to put your strongest princess first and then to turn sideways, to expose as little of their royalness to risk as possible. Thus the expression, you can never be small enough or thin enough, princessly speaking.
    • 2000 July 1, Guinevere, “cats to good home...”, in rec.pets.cats.community‎[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 8 November 2025:
      her nickname is 'girly-girl' as she is so princessly feminine.

References

  1. ^ “princessly, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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