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ladylike

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1. ladylike - Adjective

2. ladylike - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.

Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Yet let's be merry we'll have tea and toast Custards for supper, and an endless host Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies, And other such ladylike luxuries. Percy Bysshe Shelley

Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents. Daisy Fuentes

I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. E. M. Forster

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike. Wanda Sykes

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out. William F. Buckley

My style is definitely not ladylike - frills and bows kinda scare me - but I like the military look because I love that olive green khaki color. Cameron Russell

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