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Ladylike
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. Hawthorne.
2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. "With fingers ladylike." Warner.
3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. Dryden.