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# matronly

«matronly» in Mova's school dictionary: **like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (matronly, more matronly, most matronly)

### meaning for a pupil

Matronly means like a sensible, dignified, older married woman, often a little plump and serious. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matronly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes a stern, proper, motherly character in a tale; in stories it often praises strict or respectable behaviour

### examples

- The matronly lady scolded the boys for running. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matronly/#x1)
- Her matronly manner made everyone sit up straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matronly/#x2)
- Hera had a matronly look of strict virtue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matronly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «matronly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/matronly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.