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ladylike

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  1. 1. a. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. befitting a woman of good breeding Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s. befitting a woman of good breeding Source: ecdict

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