ladylike

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ladylike
    adj 1: befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ladylike \La"dy*like`\, a.
   1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
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            She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the
            feminine gentility of those days.     --Hawthorne.
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   2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
      "With fingers ladylike." --Warner.
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   3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
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            Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear.  --Dryden.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "ladylike":
      aristocratic, chivalrous, correct, courteous, courtly, cultivated,
      cultured, decorous, dignified, distaff, ducal, elegant, exalted,
      female, feminine, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly,
      gentlewomanlike, girlish, gracious, gynecic, gynecoid, gynic, high,
      highbred, kinglike, kingly, kittenish, knightly, little-girlish,
      maidenly, mannerly, matronal, matronlike, matronly, muliebral,
      noble, of gentle blood, of rank, patrician, petticoat, polished,
      polite, princelike, princely, proper, queenlike, queenly,
      quite the lady, refined, respectable, titled, well-bred,
      well-brought-up, womanish, womanlike, womanly

    

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