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[ ley-dee-lahyk ] / ˈleɪ diˌlaɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ladylike ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelike a lady. befitting a lady: in a ladylike manner. Origin of ladylikeFirst recorded in 1580–90; lady + -like SYNONYMS FOR ladylike1, 2 well-bred, well-mannered, courteous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ladylike ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ladylikela·dy·like·ness, nounun·la·dy·like, adjectiveWords nearby ladylikeladyfish, ladyfy, lady-in-waiting, lady-killer, ladykin, ladylike, ladylove, Lady Luck, Lady Macbeth strategy, lady mayoress, Lady Muck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ladylikeMeanwhile Kerrigan was untouchable—her refusal to address the controversy further served to highlight her ladylike demeanor. ESPN’s ‘The Price of Gold’ Revisits the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Scandal|Amy Zimmerman|January 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their style was unassuming: slender, structured, solid, and ladylike. The Language of Margaret Thatcher’s Handbags|Robin Givhan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST Fetching, gracious, ladylike, she has devoted her adult life to taking care of Mitt and the boys. When Good Wives Attack: Ann Romney’s Tricky Defense of Mitt|Michelle Cottle|September 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST She has smiling blue eyes behind square gray glasses and a ladylike grin that punctuates most of her encounters. Harper Lee’s Sister, Alice, Is 100, Still Practices Law, and Remembers Everything|Mary McDonagh Murphy|April 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Most of the replies came from Ethel, and her timid, retiring, yet ladylike manner found favor with her interrogator. Mildred's New Daughter|Martha Finley Mark Ambient went on, while my thoughts reverted to his ladylike wife, as interpreted by his remarkable sister. The Author Of Beltraffio|Henry James Miss Penge was ladylike, quiet, and good, and was like a cool salad in a man's mouth after spiced meat. The American Senator|Anthony Trollope The women, her neighbours, were rather foreign to her, and Morel's mother and sisters were apt to sneer at her ladylike ways. Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence Emma used to say it was not ladylike—but he—he did not say so.
British Dictionary definitions for ladylike
adjectivelike or befitting a lady in manners and bearing; refined and fastidious derogatory (of a man) effeminate Derived forms of ladylikeladylikeness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ladylikegenteel, courtly, cultured, decorous, elegant, modest, polite, proper, refined, respectable, well-bred, well-mannered, womanly |