ladylike
Origin of ladylike
1Other words for ladylike
Other words from ladylike
- la·dy·like·ness, noun
- un·la·dy·like, adjective
Words Nearby ladylike
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How to use ladylike in a sentence
She was ladylike but prone to cracking dirty jokes and carrying a flask of whiskey, like any good ski-town skid.
Meanwhile 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 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir style was unassuming: slender, structured, solid, and ladylike.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTKate topped off the ladylike look with a pair of black heels and a Whiteley hat.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were plenty of ladylike things girls could do, she said, but did not give herself the trouble to specify.
Those Dale Girls | Frank Weston CarruthIf a girl is not well trained in ladylike demeanor before arriving at the college age she is, of course, hopeless.
Ruth Fielding At College | Alice B. EmersonAll her relations with life and society would be blameless, orthodox, ladylike and thoroughly English.
Who is it that improves men an' makes thim more ladylike, an' thin quits thim, but th' ladies?
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley DunneShe appeared to have put it by with a deprecating, ladylike smile—a plea of being too soft and bland for experience.
The Tragic Muse | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for ladylike
/ (ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk) /
like or befitting a lady in manners and bearing; refined and fastidious
derogatory (of a man) effeminate
Derived forms of ladylike
- ladylikeness, noun
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