a. 1. Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. [ 1913 Webster ]

She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners. “With fingers ladylike.” Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too ladylike a long fatigue to bear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being ladylike. [ 1913 Webster ]