ladlike

Adjective

ladlike (comparative more ladlike, superlative most ladlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a lad.
   • I remember a fellow-collegiate recalling to his memory, an exploit of which he was the planner, and a late Lord Chancellor the executor. It was this:—a train of gunpowder was to be laid on two of the neatly shaven lawns of St. John’s and Trinity Colleges, in such a manner, that, when set on fire...1838, James Gillman, “Coleridge’s First Entry at Jesus’ College.—[…]”, in The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, London: William Pickering, →OCLC, pages 49–50
   • He was one of the elders, a member of the ancient Brotherhood, and yet he looked no more than seventeen years old, with his slender, ladlike figure and youthful features.1994, Linda Lael Miller, chapter 5, in For All Eternity, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 78

   Synonyms:

   laddish