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

And while most of us will want to tell ourselves that murderers are different from the rest of us, a woman like Montgomery — so personable, so ladylike — thwarts that disidentification.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Martha was willing to shuck her ladylike trappings — to be ugly and to say ugly things — in ways the actor evidently is not.

From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2022

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

If only there was a ladylike way to get out of a cab.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin