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Befitting a woman of refinement
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ladylike
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Word definitions for ladylike in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also lady-like , 1580s; see lady + like (adj.). Middle English had ladily "queenly, exalted" (late 14c.).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Jill is a ladylike child who doesn't like to play in the dirt.
Usage examples of ladylike.
How in the world was he supposed to teach Alexandra about ladylike things when he knew so little about them himself?
It was anything but ladylike, and she saw Lionel shift uncomfortably in the bed.
Lydia for Lidwell squeak scarcely hear so ladylike the muse unsqueaked a ray of hopk.
My boys will be no end charmed to see you so ladylike, the colonel, above all, when they come here the night before the wedding to fondle my new attraction in gilded heels.
Anyone who did not know her well would have seen nothing but a demure, ladylike creature.
She knew well enough that men did not hover around Elizabeth simply because she was beautiful--they were attracted to her humor, her proper, ladylike demeanor, and her warmth.
In that moment of drama she was able to swoon into a most ladylike faint.
Nothing very ladylike about flaunting herself on the roadway to be kissed by passing strargers.
The tasteful drawing-room of his ladylike mother and his aristocratic sister-in-law!
But she knew that it would not be ladylike to do that: so she was silent.
Beneath her ladylike dress, she wore a barely-there bustier and thigh-high hose.
He roamed his gaze over her, over her slim blue dress and lean, ladylike curves.
Madame DuBay clapped her hands, raised her voice marginally beyond that considered completely ladylike and, calling out orders to her minions, left the room.
She sat abruptly, and without regard to years of delicate, ladylike manners, upon the yellow wing chair opposite her uncles.
There was no way to wrap it up in white linen: Peter was engaged to marry a plump, untidy girl who seemed to have no ladylike graces at all.