ladylike
Example Sentences
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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
Both feature glamorous black-and-white photos of bejeweled princesses; both titles are printed in ladylike pastels.
From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2021
I was raised in a strict Irish Catholic family, my upbringing almost Victorian, with a focus on being ladylike at all times.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2020
A delicate, ladylike spatter of applause, and we all sat at the enormous linendraped table.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
