ladylike

• They were well educated, ladylike, and so amiable, that they gained the friendship of my children and the affection of us all As we could with perfect confidence leave the children to Miss Becker's care, Sir James Mackintosh, Somerville and I made an excursion to the Continent. —  Personal Recollections, from Early Life to Old Age, of Mary Somerville
• But that she was so womanly and ladylike, and that he knew she was "only the sec'tary," he would have been ready to advance upon her with outstretched hands, and ask her if she had quite forgotten Tommy Dudgeon--her old friend, Tommy? —  The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn
• "The mother is extremely well-bred and ladylike, and the daughter Minnie--such a pretty name, Frank--is quite a little darling. —  She and I, Volume 1
• She was ladylike, the sons unexceptionable, and no objection could reasonably be made by the Misses Lang, though the acquaintance was regretted by them Mr. Morton, the father, had died in debt and distress, and the eldest son had been thankful for a clerkship in the office of Mr. Burford, a solicitor in considerable practice, and man of business to several of the county magnates. —  That Stick
• Niger whispered 'No,' which, ladylike, meant a distinct 'Yes.' —  To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative

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