Ladylike

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ladylike \La"dy*like`\, a.
     1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
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              She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the
              feminine gentility of those days.     --Hawthorne.


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     2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
        "With fingers ladylike." --Warner.
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     3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
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              Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear.  --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ladylike
       adj : befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "ladylike":
     aristocratic, chivalrous, correct, courteous, courtly, cultivated,
     cultured, decorous, dignified, distaff, ducal, elegant, exalted,
     female, feminine, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly,
     gentlewomanlike, girlish, gracious, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, high,
     highbred, kinglike, kingly, kittenish, knightly, little-girlish,
     maidenly, mannerly, matronal, matronlike, matronly, muliebral,
     noble, of gentle blood, of rank, patrician, petticoat, polished,
     polite, princelike, princely, proper, queenlike, queenly,
     quite the lady, refined, respectable, titled, well-bred,
     well-brought-up, womanish, womanlike, womanly