Ladylike
['leɪdɪlaɪk] or ['ledɪlaɪk]
Definition
(adj.) befitting a woman of good breeding; 'ladylike manners' .
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Definition
(a.) Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
(a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
(a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
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Examples
- It must be pretty, light, ladylike, I should think? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, winking isn't ladylike. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I thought Mrs. Yeobright was a ladylike woman? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mrs. Michelson believed in me from first to laSt. This ladylike person (widow of a Protestant priest) overflowed with faith. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Her dancing, we both agreed, was perfection: speaking of what was most truly graceful, effeminate and ladylike. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But someone did pass, and who should it be but Meg, looking particularly ladylike in her state and festival suit, for she had been making calls. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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