young ladylike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. [May] Kelly avoids the downright methods of love-making with which novel-readers are familiar. Such a shy and young ladylike lot of young men are not often brought into being by a lady’s pen. A plain question would frighten them: a plain “yes” would seem likely to kill them."
- "Dresses next; Smart, Stylish and Young Ladylike, “just like mamma’s.”"
- "She was of the old school when the issues were simple—ladylike and young ladylike bringing-up, a fortune in prospect, a suitable mate in due course."
- "Pierre, disconcerted, kicked at some stones. They passed (the two men, not the stones; the stones didn’t pass, they were passed) a group of young gentlemen and young ladies, very young gentlemanlike and young ladylike, who were singing the latest hit."
- "I pushed my index finger against my chin and tilted my head to the side. Ever since Professor Yoshizaki admired this pose as looking particularly cute and young ladylike, I had been trying it out every chance I got. Professor Yoshizaki seemed to like women who acted like well-bred young ladies."
Inflected Forms
more young ladylike (comparative)
most young ladylike (superlative)