lady
noun
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken.
ladyhood
-
a word derived from
lady.
Example Sentences
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Smoky-eyed Lucile Barrow Turner is the poised, ingratiating, slightly helpless-seeming epitome of Southern ladyhood.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emma, Lady Hamilton did not start as a lady, and according to Biographer Bowen, achieved ladyhood only technically.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I coaxed you into ladyhood, Ophelia. I taught you the ways of the court, and watched you grow into a clever and learned woman.”
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Such a type of high-born, perfect ladyhood had never appeared in their midst before.
From Travelers Five Along Life's Highway by Annie F. (Annie Fellows) Johnston
In a general way she was, no doubt, bound to assume them to be ladies; but she taught herself to think that such ladyhood was not of itself worth a great deal.
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
