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.