ladylike
adjective
like a lady.
unladylike
-
a word derived from
ladylike.
Example Sentences
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Albright once condemned Cuban pilots for shooting down civilian planes with the memorable line “This is not cojones, it is cowardice” — protests of unladylike language be darned, Bill Clinton remembered.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2022
There was nothing unladylike to be found here, which was the point, but also the problem.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
But the not so cynic in me thinks: Don’t girls deserve gross-out toys—the opportunity to behave in gleefully inappropriate, unladylike ways—if that’s what they want?
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2020
Again, at my house anyway, there was unladylike shouting at the television.
From US News ● Nov. 11, 2015
“But don’t tell Amelia,” she said, her voice returning to its usual ironic tone, “she’d think it unladylike to want to go to Oberlin.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
