ladyish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"Do you think it was a ladyish, afternoon call, another-cup-of-tea-please apparition that visits your Professor Cranks and that journalist chap you are always talking about?"
"She is an innocent young thing, after all--younger than I ever was--for all her fine dresses and her grand ladyish way."

From lady + -ish.

more ladyish (comparative) most ladyish (superlative)

young-ladyish

young-ladyish

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