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as in gentlemanly
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as in feminine
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Recent Examples of ladylike
The overall trend was toward more elegant and romantic with masculine touches, such as strong suiting, moving on from the very delicate and ladylike recent collections, according to the company’s cross-city analysis of spring 2025 collections.
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Toss it atop a more ladylike midi to tone it down for everyday wear, or, juxtapose an evening look to create an unexpected, yet on-trend, pairing.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2024
There are ladylike flats from Tory Burch, leather knee-high boots from Loeffler Randall, classic loafers, and neutral-colored ballerinas from Sam Edelman.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The ethos of Dame Vivienne was celebrated and reinvented too in a collection that mixed ladylike touches with the industrial, reminding us that punk goes beyond clothing.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Rhonda Richford, WWD, 21 Oct. 2024
Toss it atop a more ladylike midi to tone it down for everyday wear, or, juxtapose an evening look to create an unexpected, yet on-trend, pairing.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2024
There are ladylike flats from Tory Burch, leather knee-high boots from Loeffler Randall, classic loafers, and neutral-colored ballerinas from Sam Edelman.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2024
The ethos of Dame Vivienne was celebrated and reinvented too in a collection that mixed ladylike touches with the industrial, reminding us that punk goes beyond clothing.
—Alice Pfeiffer, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ladylike
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America and Italy has lost one of its strongest and most gentlemanly voices: Gianfranco Sorrentino, after a long battle with illness, has died.John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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McGroarty, to the best of my knowledge, has never won any awards for gentlemanly conduct on the ice.Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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The gold finish and delicate design add a feminine touch to the decor piece, perfect for using as a coat hanger or jewelry organizer.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
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For example, if a butterfly like Papilio glaucus were transferred to a genus with a feminine name, the epithet glaucus (masculine form) would be adjusted to glauca to agree in gender with the new genus.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Dec. 2024
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He's remained a core player ever since as the chivalrous yet sometimes hot-headed Nicholas Newman.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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This chivalrous gentleman was joined by a starstruck insect.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 June 2024
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In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.Rosa Escandon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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But worry not: Once it’s done poking fun at an effeminate male stereotype, the script swoops in with a cautious coming-out monologue perfectly tailored to generate a fresh round of headlines celebrating and/or criticizing Disney’s latest LGBTQ milestone.Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2021
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By contrast, the recent behavior of the rebels who have just conquered Syria looks reassuringly civilized.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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The United States is a civilized country with strong democratic institutions.Steven A. Harvey, Baltimore Sun, 4 Nov. 2024
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
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Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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After that, Buckley seemed more careful about positioning, doing his best to keep the action in the open while not allowing Covington to close in and work from the clinch.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Behind, kids are hoisted — careful with that hot chocolate!Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
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In Benediction, Terence Davies had to split Siegfried Sassoon into two (Jack Lowden, Peter Capaldi) to create a comparably complex personality, but Scott’s Adam is all the more moving for being less refined, a performance of sustained fragility and unmanly truth.Armond White, National Review, 29 Dec. 2023
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Why is his governess, Mrs. Brock, fired for encouraging Richard’s unmanly interest in poetry and music?Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 22 Nov. 2018
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“Ladylike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ladylike. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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