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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

She was

ladylike

, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days.

Hawthorne.

Becoming or suitable to a lady;

as,

ladylike

manners

“With fingers ladylike.”

Warner.

Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Too

ladylike

a long fatigue to bear.

Dryden.

ladylike ‎(comparative more ladylike, superlative most ladylike)

Of or connected with the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.
- 1906 November 29, Nesbit, W. D., “The Querist”, in Life, volume 48, page 673:
  Is it ladylike to giggle? / Is it ladylike to wink? / Is it ladylike to ride a horse astraddle? / Is it ladylike to wiggle? / Is it ladylike to drink? / Is it ladylike upon the beach to paddle? […]

of or connected with the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman