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