English
Adjective
ladyish (comparative more ladyish, superlative most ladyish)
- Characteristic of a lady
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1884, Joseph Conrad, Tales Of Hearsay:- Do you think it was a ladyish, afternoon call, another-cup-of-tea-please apparition that visits your Professor Cranks and that journalist chap you are always talking about?
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1893, Ernest Dowson and Arthur Moore, A Comedy of Masks:- She is an innocent young thing, after all--younger than I ever was--for all her fine dresses and her grand ladyish way.