ladylike

Example Sentences

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"I was raised to be very ladylike and considerate of others, and respectable. My mother definitely would have liked me to go into more a feminine field," she says.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

When he met Annie, she struck him as “very ladylike and very nice, very sweet. Soft-spoken.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2022

It is not exactly androgynous, but it is less overtly ladylike.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2020

The ladylike logo looks like it was adapted from the Skimm—same teal color, same slim legs and above-the-knee skirt.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

A delicate, ladylike spatter of applause, and we all sat at the enormous linendraped table.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath