Synonyms for ladylike
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ley-dee-lahyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪ diˌlaɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for ladylike Other synonyms for the word ladylike
Définition of ladylike
Origin :- also lady-like, 1580s; see lady + like. Middle English had ladily "queenly, exalted" (late 14c.).
- adj feminine
- Her slight figure might not be beautiful, but beyond doubt its lines were ladylike.
- Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
- In it dwelt a gentlemanly elderly man with two ladylike daughters.
- Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
- Course, you wouldn't expect him to have any gentle, ladylike voice, and he don't.
- Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
- When the people were gentlemanly and ladylike, they became great bores.
- Extract from : « Confessions of a Book-Lover » by Maurice Francis Egan
- "I ain't as ladylike as you," said Henderson, in his tender way.
- Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
- In all of these positions, Clotelle sustained herself in a most ladylike manner.
- Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
- "Most ladylike," he muttered, squinting through the bandages.
- Extract from : « The Wreck of the Titan » by Morgan Robertson
- But do you think you have treated Mrs. Martin in a ladylike way?
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- Her one desire seemed to be to be ladylike and to go with the best people.
- Extract from : « Hester's Counterpart » by Jean K. Baird
- It is not seemly; and, if feminine, is at any rate not ladylike.
- Extract from : « The Bertrams » by Anthony Trollope
Antonyms for ladylike
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