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ladylike

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ladylike \La"dy*like`\, a.
   1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.

            She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the
            feminine gentility of those days.     --Hawthorne.

   2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
      ``With fingers ladylike.'' --Warner.

   3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

            Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear.  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

ladylike
     adj : befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"
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