ladylike
See also: lady-like
English
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Adjective
ladylike (comparative more ladylike, superlative most ladylike)
- Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.
- 1565, Thomas Cooper, Thesaurus Linguæ Romanæ & Britannicæ, […], London:
- Coniux imperioſa. Ouidius. A ladylike wife that will be obeyed. […] Dura domina, imperioſa. Cic. A rigorous and ladilike dame that will be obeyed.
- 1906 November 29, Nesbit, W. D., “The Querist”, in Life, volume 48, number 1257, page 673:
- Is it ladylike to giggle? / Is it ladylike to wink? / Is it ladylike to ride a horse astraddle? / Is it ladylike to wiggle? / Is it ladylike to drink? / Is it ladylike upon the beach to paddle? […]
- 1985, Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 165:
- Pirates, these women, with their ladylike briefcases for the loot and their horsy, acquisitive teeth.
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of or connected with the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman
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