ladylike

Example Sentences

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"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

The ladylike logo looks like it was adapted from the Skimm—same teal color, same slim legs and above-the-knee skirt.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

It was a ladylike yawn, a closed-mouth yawn, but you couldn’t miss it; her nostril wings gave her away.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger