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unladylike

unladylike adjective: not ladylike; ill-mannered.

Adjective

unladylike (comparative more unladylike, superlative most unladylike)

  1. Not ladylike; ill-mannered.
    • Women enjoy being pursued, but men still don’t! They don’t want anything that seems too easy to win. If the woman takes the initiative—at least if she takes it conspicuously—the world will think her aggressive, and unladylike.1946, Clifford Rose Adams, Vance O. Packard, How to Pick a Mate

Forms of unladylike

comparativemore unladylike
superlativemost unladylike
alternative formunlady-like
alternative form (rare)unladilike

Origin of unladylike

From un- + ladylike.

Words formed from unladylike

Questions about unladylike

What does unladylike mean?
Unladylike means not ladylike; ill-mannered.
What part of speech is unladylike?
Unladylike is an adjective.

Words near unladylike in the dictionary

  1. unlades
  2. unladilike
  3. unlading
  4. unladings
  5. unlady-like
  6. unladylike
  7. unladylike-ly
  8. unladylikely
  9. unladylikeness
  10. unlagered
  11. unlagged

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