Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ladylike"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ladylike \La"dy*like`\, a.
1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the
feminine gentility of those days. --Hawthorne.
2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
``With fingers ladylike.'' --Warner.
3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.
Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ladylike
adj : befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
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