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Meaning of mistressly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the mistress of a home or household.
    obsolete, rare
  2. Characteristic of a woman who is very proficient in some skill or activity; masterful.
    archaic

Examples

“Will he take from me the mistressly management, which I had not faultily discharged?”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

mistressy mistrustful mistrustless mistruthful mistucked mistuned

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