What does "ladylike" mean?
Ladylike: Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. "With fingers ladylike." Warner.
Additional senses
- 2.Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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