ladylike

Example Sentences

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I was not Ladylike I was not Manly I am Something different all together!!

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2018

Simon & Schuster’s Painton says she bought McCaskill’s forthcoming Plenty Ladylike because the senator “is so blunt on the page, it’s scary. She talks honestly about her mistakes, her ambition, her divorce.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 13, 2015

Ladylike and proper, if he was a lady.

From Time • Sep. 23, 2011

Ladylike was an adjective often applied both to Ms. Plain and her books.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2010

They had good plain food, suited to their position in life, and healthy exercise in the way of Manly Sports and Ladylike Recreations.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas