damely

English

Etymology

From dame +‎ -ly.

Adjective

damely (comparative more damely, superlative most damely)

1. Of, relating to, or befitting a dame (all senses)
   • 2005, Rosemary Dinnage, Alone! Alone!: Lives of Some Outsider Women:

     Will she be remembered more as a character, thoroughly damely and commanding, or for her writings?

   • 2015, Deborah Jermyn, Susan Holmes, Women, Celebrity and Cultures of Ageing:

     Instead of compromising her damely dignity, they arguably give a fuller sense of a well-rounded individual which runs counter to the usual (rather restrictive) cultural logic of what is appropriate for women over 60, and perhaps women of her particular class milieu especially.