Virginal
adjective
Related to or characteristic of a virgin or virginity.
She had a sweet, virginal innocence that drew him to her.
noun
A musical instrument like a small piano, played by pressing keys, from the Middle Ages period.
He played a beautiful piece on the virginal.
adjective
Related to or characteristic of a virgin or virginity.
She had a sweet, virginal innocence that drew him to her.
noun
A musical instrument like a small piano, played by pressing keys, from the Middle Ages period.
He played a beautiful piece on the virginal.
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Tone
Virginal often conveys innocence and purity in a positive light, suggesting something pristine.
She wore a virginal white dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sexual
The term 'virginal' is specifically used to denote something that has not engaged in sexual activity.
He approached the topic with virginal naivety.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Virginal' can be used metaphorically to describe objects or concepts that are untouched or unexplored.
They hiked through virginal snow, undisturbed by humans.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Tone
Virginal often conveys innocence and purity in a positive light, suggesting something pristine.
She wore a virginal white dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sexual
The term 'virginal' is specifically used to denote something that has not engaged in sexual activity.
He approached the topic with virginal naivety.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Virginal' can be used metaphorically to describe objects or concepts that are untouched or unexplored.
They hiked through virginal snow, undisturbed by humans.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Tone
Virginal often conveys innocence and purity in a positive light, suggesting something pristine.
She wore a virginal white dress.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Sexual
The term 'virginal' is specifically used to denote something that has not engaged in sexual activity.
He approached the topic with virginal naivety.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
'Virginal' can be used metaphorically to describe objects or concepts that are untouched or unexplored.
They hiked through virginal snow, undisturbed by humans.
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undergoing hymenoplasty. Hymenoplasty is a surgical procedure which restores the virginal state, allowing her to adhere to certain cultural expectations regarding virginity and marriage. So it essentially reconstructs a ruptured hymen,
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Taryn Simon photographs...
undergoing hymenoplasty. Hymenoplasty is a surgical procedure which restores the virginal state, allowing her to adhere to certain cultural expectations regarding virginity and marriage. So it essentially reconstructs a ruptured hymen,
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Quote examples
Ann Nocenti
American Journalist
When I first started writing comics, in the way-back days, Typhoid Mary was my explosive response to women characters in comics - I made her an innocent virginal type, a clever, dark, liberated woman, and as Bloody Mary, a feminist bent of punishing men - all in one character. She was an instinctual rather than a calculated creation.
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Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
I don't relate to people that look like me. I find it deeply unsatisfying to play a version of myself. It was something I had to figure out really early on, when I was at RADA, because I was being cast, over and over again, as the young, virginal thing. When I left RADA, I was on an absolute mission to never wear make-up.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
There was a kind of madness in the country. Eamon De Valera, the prime minister, had this vision of an Ireland where we'd all be in some kind of native costume - which doesn't exist - and we'd be dancing at the crossroads, babbling away in Gaelic, going to Mass, everyone virginal and pure.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English Musician
On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.
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Bel Powley
British Actress
When I was young, there weren't any teenage girls I could relate to in film. They were all put in boxes: the virginal good girl, the really sarcastic asexual one. I wanted to do something that represented how I felt then.
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Vanessa Kirby
English Actress
I've always been so uninterested in playing any kind of archetype of some pure, innocent, virginal woman. I just don't believe it.
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Mia Goth
English Actress
So often, in films, there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
Quote examples
Ann Nocenti
American Journalist
When I first started writing comics, in the way-back days, Typhoid Mary was my explosive response to women characters in comics - I made her an innocent virginal type, a clever, dark, liberated woman, and as Bloody Mary, a feminist bent of punishing men - all in one character. She was an instinctual rather than a calculated creation.
Quote examples
Andrea Riseborough
English Actress
I don't relate to people that look like me. I find it deeply unsatisfying to play a version of myself. It was something I had to figure out really early on, when I was at RADA, because I was being cast, over and over again, as the young, virginal thing. When I left RADA, I was on an absolute mission to never wear make-up.
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Frank McCourt
Irish Author
There was a kind of madness in the country. Eamon De Valera, the prime minister, had this vision of an Ireland where we'd all be in some kind of native costume - which doesn't exist - and we'd be dancing at the crossroads, babbling away in Gaelic, going to Mass, everyone virginal and pure.
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor
English Musician
On my wedding day. I didn't want a natural, blushing-bride look - I had a full-on hairdo and red lips. I thought it would be disingenuous to do the whole virginal look, so even though I had the white dress, I had pink net underneath.
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Bel Powley
British Actress
When I was young, there weren't any teenage girls I could relate to in film. They were all put in boxes: the virginal good girl, the really sarcastic asexual one. I wanted to do something that represented how I felt then.
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Vanessa Kirby
English Actress
I've always been so uninterested in playing any kind of archetype of some pure, innocent, virginal woman. I just don't believe it.
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Mia Goth
English Actress
So often, in films, there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite.
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Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican Actress
If you saw me in 'The King and I,' I had that angelic, virginal face.
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