Meaning of unladilike | Babel Free
Examples
“The road [above: ⟨far⟩] ⟨joins towns together⟩: it promotes trade⟳ \& prudence/ and culture and the interchange of opinions: who could be unladilike [sic] upon the road?”
“The more I looked askance through my fingers, (pretending of course to be looking otherwise and elsewhere) by so much the more I was certainly positive that large lady is my wife indeed, and spying my comings-out and goings-in. Surely a rather shameful act to do. Eh? also unladilike.”
“Showed a “lady” the weather forecast for the weekend—and she made a very unladilike remark⟳.”
“I was expelled from Our Glorious Lady a week before graduation for what the Sisters called “unladilike conduct,” but it was too late to take⟳ my name⟳ and picture out of the Platelet.”
“Boby Rosengarden’s band manages quickly to size up the topic of any discussion, and at commercial breakaway time play⟳ something entertainingly apriate:^([sic]) For the unladlike are-models-nasty-or-nice wrangle by Ford & Co.—Bobby’s band’s contribution was David Raksin’s nifty composition “The Bad and the Beautiful” . . .”
“I saw⟳ the first part of the episode. And here I always thought I liked Pierce Brosnan best well-groomed and suave. I think⟳ I like⟳ him angry and dirty even better 8-P(tongue hanging out in most unladilike fashion)”
“I'm not a patient person, actually, and I have⟳ quite a temper (for which I'm known). I can be rather unladilike in some of my responses and there is a point⟳ at which I willingly give⟳ up the pretense of civility and simply attack. I learned this from having to put⟳ up with my mother.”
“You can write⟳ multiple blocks anywhere else on the drive⟳ but not block⟳ zero. I consider⟳ this to be a *MAJOR* defect in the Quantum drives. And it forces me to reverse my stance on low level format utilities - with *GREAT* reluctance. (I have⟳ been known to use⟳ "impolite" and "unladilike" language before. I think⟳ I may have⟳ melted part of that poor disk drive⟳ the way I addressed it. It had a "wilted look⟳" when I got done. And it still persisted in its bad behavior.)”
“Okay, show⟳ wheresh the party, shquire? *hic*”
“My mother used to scold⟳ me when I put⟳ my feet up against the wall like⟳ that. She said I would dirty the surface, but I don’t think⟳ she knew why it bothered her. Maybe she thought it was unladilike or a sign⟳ of laziness, maybe too much pride.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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