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ladylike

adjective as in like or befitting a lady

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Example Sentences

She was ladylike but prone to cracking dirty jokes and carrying a flask of whiskey, like any good ski-town skid.

Meanwhile Kerrigan was untouchable—her refusal to address the controversy further served to highlight her ladylike demeanor.

Their style was unassuming: slender, structured, solid, and ladylike.

Fetching, gracious, ladylike, she has devoted her adult life to taking care of Mitt and the boys.

Kate topped off the ladylike look with a pair of black heels and a Whiteley hat.

She has smiling blue eyes behind square gray glasses and a ladylike grin that punctuates most of her encounters.

There were plenty of ladylike things girls could do, she said, but did not give herself the trouble to specify.

If a girl is not well trained in ladylike demeanor before arriving at the college age she is, of course, hopeless.

All her relations with life and society would be blameless, orthodox, ladylike and thoroughly English.

Who is it that improves men an' makes thim more ladylike, an' thin quits thim, but th' ladies?

She appeared to have put it by with a deprecating, ladylike smile—a plea of being too soft and bland for experience.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ladylike, such as: genteel, feminine, courtly, cultured, decorous, and elegant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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