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Webster 1913 Edition


Ladylike

La′dy-likeˊ

,
Adj.
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.