Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman;
- Example: "her matronly figure"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Matronly \Ma"tron*ly\, a.
1. Advanced in years; elderly.
[1913 Webster]
2. Like, or befitting, a matron; grave; sedate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
matronly
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a fully mature woman; "her
matronly figure"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "matronly":
distaff, female, feminine, fortyish, gentlewomanlike, girlish,
gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, kittenish, ladylike, little-girlish,
maidenly, matronal, matronlike, mid-life, middle-aged, muliebral,
petticoat, womanish, womanlike, womanly