ladylike
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But since I wasn’t that connected to Gerry, they were very pleased I was very ladylike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
"I was raised to be very ladylike and considerate of others, and respectable. My mother definitely would have liked me to go into more a feminine field," she says.
From BBC ● May 17, 2023
When he met Annie, she struck him as “very ladylike and very nice, very sweet. Soft-spoken.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
Both feature glamorous black-and-white photos of bejeweled princesses; both titles are printed in ladylike pastels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
She gave a little, ladylike cough as she swallowed—he could not be sure whether this cough was genuine or in mockery of him.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
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