ladylike

Adjective

Positive ladylike

Comparative more ladylike

Superlative most ladylike

1. If someone is ladylike she is polite in a feminine way. She behaves in a way that an important woman (a lady) would long ago.

   Her ladylike ways impressed the older people in the room.

2. If an action is ladylike it is something that would be right for a lady. It is something someone does if she is ladylike.

   Do not eat with your hands, it's not ladylike.