LADYLIKENESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Behavior befitting a lady

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("ladylikeness" is a kind of...):

femininity; muliebrity (the trait of behaving in ways considered typical for women)

Derivation:

ladylike (befitting a woman of good breeding)

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