matronaliter
Latin
Etymology
From mātrōnālis (“befitting a married woman or matron, matronly”), from mātrōna (“married woman, matron”) + -ālis, from māter (“mother; matron”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maː.troːˈnaː.lɪ.tɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ma.t̪roˈnaː.li.t̪er]
Adverb
mātrōnāliter (not comparable)
- like a matron
Related terms
References
- “matronaliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press