'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]
Synonyms of 'ladylike'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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