'Ladylike' definitions:

Definition of 'ladylike'

From: WordNet
adjective
Befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"

Definition of 'Ladylike'

From: GCIDE
  • Ladylike \La"dy*like`\, a.
  • 1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. [1913 Webster]
  • She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. "With fingers ladylike." --Warner. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. [1913 Webster]
  • Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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