01 a. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
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Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.“She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days.” — Hawthorne.
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2.
Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
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3.
Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.“Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear.” — Dryden.