Definition of ladylike
1 : becoming or suitable to a lady
2 : resembling a lady in appearance or manners : well-bred
3a : feeling or showing too much concern about elegance or propriety ladylike embarrassment at not being the wife of a real doctor — Lewis Voglerb : lacking in strength, force, or virility
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Examples of ladylike in a Sentence
encouraging young women to be more ladylike
Recent Examples of ladylike from the Web
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Wearing a ladylike blue suit, Clark, who recently moved to New Orleans from New York, looked positively tame next to a small patron who dolled herself up in a pink wig and tiered cake dress.
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This isn't Middleton's first time tiptoeing the fine line between provocative and ladylike with her Wimbledon wardrobe.
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Because apparently normal robes are just too ladylike for true dudes.
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Her optic-white stilettos were a ladylike counterpoint to her husband's optic white kicks.
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Cotillard has traded in her ladylike aesthetic for an edgier vibe and embraced a variety of up-and-coming designers on the step-and-repeat.
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Athletic cuts, tennis pleats and racer necklines make otherwise ladylike silhouettes right for summer.
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The Flight of Passage seating is just, well, not very ladylike.
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Bruno says one was more hard-hitting and energetic while the other was more elegant and ladylike, but both were good cha cha.
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First Known Use of ladylike
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LADYLIKE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of ladylike for English Language Learners
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: polite and quiet in a way that has traditionally been considered suited to a woman
LADYLIKE Defined for Kids
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: suitable to a woman or girl who behaves in a polite way It was not ladylike to yell like that. — Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
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