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ladyness

ladyness is the alternative spelling of ladiness.

Meaning of ladiness

Noun

ladiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being a lady.
    • Mother believed round garters cut off the circulation and caused varicose veins, so she kept me in a pantywaist several years longer than most boys. Nobody knew this except me and Mother, and I was particularly careful to keep it a secret because there was a touch of ladiness to a waist after a boy...1966, John Gould, Last One In: Tales of a New England Boyhood, a Gently Pleasing Dip into a Cool, Soothing Pool of the Not-So-Long-Ago, So to Speak, page 153

Questions about ladyness

What is ladyness the alternative spelling of?
Ladyness is the alternative spelling of ladiness.

Words near ladyness in the dictionary

  1. ladyloves
  2. ladylumps
  3. ladyly
  4. ladymag
  5. ladymags
  6. ladyness
  7. ladypalm
  8. ladyparts
  9. ladyporn
  10. ladys
  11. Ladys Pass

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