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ladyish

ladyish adjective: characteristic of a lady; ladylike.

Adjective

ladyish (comparative more ladyish, superlative most ladyish)

  1. Characteristic of a lady; ladylike.
    • 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?1884, Joseph Conrad, Tales Of Hearsay
    • She is an innocent young thing, after all--younger than I ever was--for all her fine dresses and her grand ladyish way.1893, Ernest Dowson, Arthur Moore, A Comedy of Masks

Forms of ladyish

comparativemore ladyish
superlativemost ladyish

Origin of ladyish

From lady + -ish.

Questions about ladyish

What does ladyish mean?
Ladyish means characteristic of a lady; ladylike.
What part of speech is ladyish?
Ladyish is an adjective.

Words near ladyish in the dictionary

  1. ladyfriends
  2. ladyfy
  3. ladyfying
  4. ladyhood
  5. ladying
  6. ladyish
  7. ladyism
  8. ladyisms
  9. ladykiller
  10. ladykillers
  11. ladykilling

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