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Definition of Ladylikeness
1. Noun. Behavior befitting a lady.
Definition of Ladylikeness
1. n. The quality or state of being ladylike.
Definition of Ladylikeness
1. Noun. Ladylike behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ladylikeness
Literary usage of Ladylikeness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Disenssions of the Right and the by Thomas Embley Osmun (1909)
"... and let ladylikeness be cultivated and intensified under the name of woman.
" Man and woman are much more sonorous, humane, and desirable terms than ..."
2. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"... with only a giving up of a few hours of my own time, which might easily be
worse spent, and the sacrifice of the beauty and ladylikeness of my hands. ..."
3. Dramatic Opinions and Essays: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... the ladylikeness, which differentiate Asta from the wilful, passionate, somewhat
brutal Rita. Perhaps only an American playing against an Englishwoman ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1902)
"... and sometimes I think I succeed a little,—this afternoon doesn't count, it
was an accident —but my ladylikeness, even if it were more successful, ..."
5. Hesperos: Or, Travels in the West by Houstoun (Matilda Charlotte) (1850)
"... peculiarity in these mills was the air of respectability (I might almost coin
the word, and call it ladylikeness) observable in the female operatives. ..."
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