Usually means: Behaving in a refined, polite manner.
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  1. ladylike: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ladylike: Merriam-Webster
  3. ladylike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ladylike: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. ladylike: Collins English Dictionary
  6. ladylike: Vocabulary.com
  7. Ladylike, ladylike: Wordnik
  8. ladylike: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. ladylike: Wiktionary
  10. ladylike: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. ladylike: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. ladylike: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Ladylike, ladylike: Dictionary.com
  14. ladylike: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Ladylike (album), Ladylike (web series), Ladylike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Ladylike: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. ladylike: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. ladylike: Rhymezone
  19. Ladylike: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. ladylike: FreeDictionary.org
  21. ladylike: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. ladylike: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.

Similar:
refined, lady-like, ladyish, gentlewomanly, gentlewomanlike, madamish, ladied, ladily, young-ladyish, gentlemanlike, more...

Opposite:
unladylike

Types:
genteel, well-bred, polite, refined, cultured, elegant, graceful, more...

Phrases:
ladylike intake, more...



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Similar:
refined, lady-like, ladyish, gentlewomanly, gentlewomanlike, madamish, ladied, ladily, young-ladyish, gentlemanlike, more...

Opposite:
unladylike

Types:
genteel, well-bred, polite, refined, cultured, elegant, graceful, more...

Phrases:
ladylike intake, more...



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