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ladylike


adjective

  1. like a lady.
  2. befitting a lady: in a ladylike manner.

adjective

  1. like or befitting a lady in manners and bearing; refined and fastidious
  2. derogatory (of a man) effeminate

adj.also lady-like, 1580s; see lady + like. Middle English had ladily “queenly, exalted” (late 14c.).

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