lady
noun
a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken.
ladyish
-
a word derived from
lady.
Example Sentences
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She is an innocent young thing, after all—younger than I ever was—for all her fine dresses and her grand ladyish way.
From A Comedy of Masks A Novel by Ernest Christopher Dowson
She was a fine ladyish person, and things would have gone to wrack and ruin if Miss Palmer had not gone to her.
From Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century by Emma Marshall
Such expressions as "young ladyish" and "missish" have far less meaning now than they used to have; for girls of all classes are more sensible, strong, and courageous, than they were at one time.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Eva Hope
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?
From Tales Of Hearsay by Joseph Conrad
She was too proud—I grant you that; but she wasn't stuck up nor young ladyish; she was simple and frank and kind about it.
From A London Life and Other Tales by Henry James
