ladylike Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite befitting a woman of good breeding
    • ladylike manners

WordNet

La"dy*like` adjective
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913