ladylike
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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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