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as in gentlemanly
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Recent Examples of ladylike
Rogge, in her debut for Marni, the Italian brand known for its ladylike quirkiness, had a similar approach: creative clothes for women and men who want to look like adults.
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Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Prefer something more ladylike?
—Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2026
It wasn’t supposed to be ladylike for a girl to joke.
—Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Top trends: The return of the heel and ladylike accessories was evident, with top-handle bags at The Row and Dior paired with feminine pumps.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
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Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 3 Mar. 2026
Prefer something more ladylike?
—Alison Syrett Cleary, Glamour, 25 Feb. 2026
It wasn’t supposed to be ladylike for a girl to joke.
—Lynn Hirschberg, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
Top trends: The return of the heel and ladylike accessories was evident, with top-handle bags at The Row and Dior paired with feminine pumps.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ladylike
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladylike
Adjective
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Rising above the intraband fray, Weir remained gentlemanly and affable.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
17 Feb. 2026
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Jim Sawyer, a gentlemanly preacher and city council member whose public service had been winding towards a peaceful conclusion, was asked to replace him.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The brands are calling it not a collaboration but a conversation between the masculine and feminine.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Vanity Fair,
24 Mar. 2026
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In November, Edgewell Personal Care sold its feminine care business to a company in Sweden for $340 million.—
Laya Neelakandan,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The maid, in Pistol’s chivalrous estimation, belonged to their lowly number.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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And as the Sheriff called by Ludie to track Carrie down, Lance Arthur Smith is warm, soft-spoken and chivalrous.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Throughout the 1900s, and even into the ‘80s and ’90s, women often were encouraged to be more effeminate, and male counterparts were told to embrace their masculinity.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Phil initially teases Peter for being weak and effeminate.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The best actor nominee isn’t the only one noticing a significant change on the red carpet this season — though some events, like the annual VF Oscar Party, have always been more civilized than others.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
12 Mar. 2026
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Denying them those opportunities in an attempt to punish their parents should be abhorrent to any civilized nation.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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On the left: a photograph of a blurred womanly figure, her white dress smeared into an avian or angelic wingspan, her head eerily effaced, allowing the forest behind her to show sharply through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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An assembly of planets in Aries moves through your twelfth house, stirring emotions behind the scenes and asking for careful tending.—
Kirah Tabourn,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Mar. 2026
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To the begonia collectors out there, Begona Black Velvet, with large leaves that could have fallen from a maple tree, is worth a careful look.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.—
Armond White,
National Review,
29 Dec. 2023
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Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?—
Francine Prose,
The New York Review of Books,
22 Nov. 2018
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“Ladylike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladylike. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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