ladylike
adj.
befitting a lady, polite, proper, well-mannered
ladylike
Adjective
1. befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
(similar) refined
Ladylike
(a.)
Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
(a.)
Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
(a.)
Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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ladylike
Synonyms and related words:
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
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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