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ladylike

/ley-dee-lahyk/US // ˈleɪ diˌlaɪk //UK // (ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk) //

淑女,淑女式的,淑女风范,淑女般

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like a lady.
    • : befitting a lady: in a ladylike manner.

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Examples

  • Meanwhile Kerrigan was untouchable—her refusal to address the controversy further served to highlight her ladylike demeanor.

  • Their style was unassuming: slender, structured, solid, and ladylike.

  • Fetching, gracious, ladylike, she has devoted her adult life to taking care of Mitt and the boys.

  • Kate topped off the ladylike look with a pair of black heels and a Whiteley hat.

  • She has smiling blue eyes behind square gray glasses and a ladylike grin that punctuates most of her encounters.

  • There were plenty of ladylike things girls could do, she said, but did not give herself the trouble to specify.

  • If a girl is not well trained in ladylike demeanor before arriving at the college age she is, of course, hopeless.

  • All her relations with life and society would be blameless, orthodox, ladylike and thoroughly English.

  • Who is it that improves men an' makes thim more ladylike, an' thin quits thim, but th' ladies?

  • She appeared to have put it by with a deprecating, ladylike smile—a plea of being too soft and bland for experience.