Meaning of unladylikely | Babel Free

Definitions

In an unladylike manner.

Examples

“Mother looked as if she onged to be a man for just one minute while she expressed herself strongly and unladylikely.”

“In the first place the headgear did not fuly^([sic]) conceal the stubbly chins of the women, and they had a general tread that was not stately enough to bespeak them as “nice girls,” so there was no acceptance of the challenge, but my, O me, they did have a lot of fun out of it before it was over, for a nine of men was made up, and they went after the skirts quite unladylikely.”

““Omigosh,” I gasped, unladylikely.”

“Why, when I got your letter, I just danced, very unladylikely, all over the room!”

““I can’t be a sponsor anymore.” she wept unladylikely.”

“The only time that she forgets she went to the Spence school is when Mr. Gilhooley affectionately chokes her (and a good thing too) and then she dies so gorgeously and so unladylikely that the audience cheers right up and thinks maybe she got what she wanted.”

“The two of them began to laugh; they did this uproariously, unladylikely;”

“AND what is Saturday? Why, Valentine’s Day, of course. The day when you wear your heart on your sleeve boldly and unladylikely (almost, that is).”

“Vickie's version of what happened when a certain vampire tried to openly, wantonly, unladylike-ly snare Rusty—Vickie's most exclusive property…”

“We shouted very unladylikely from one end of the corridor to the other; went out with GI’s, unchaperoned; had an occasional dance in our dining room with completely strange men!”

“Up until the time I became the intrigued owner of this book I thought cheese-cake was what you got when a newspaper photographer persuaded a glamor puss to raise her skirts unladylikely high. Little did I know. Why, cheese-cake is won-der-ful! Particularly if it’s cottage cheese-cake,[…].”

“I found him peeping through the bars of the gate just as he used to peep—ten inches high. So what could I do but behave unladylike-ly, and ask him to come in.”

“Middle Harbour feature shingles mine to make a French authoress behave unladylikely.”

“‘[…]Children who attend my school must behave like ladies; otherwise I cannot have them here.’ Kate spoke up, excitedly and clumsily, because she was frightened: ‘Sue didn’t behave unladylikely. She didn’t do anything and you didn’t ought to blame her. And Miss Baber’s people didn’t mind at all.’”

“She picked up her knife and fork and carried an unladylikely-large piece of vinegar-soaked cod to her mouth.”

“Well, when feminism got reborn, it urged literary women to raise their voices, to yell unladylikely, to shoot for parity.”

“Barbra Streisand kicked off her first tour in 12 years with a bang. On the third night of her 20-city cross-country jaunt, the liberal crooner stopped the show to banter with a George Bush impersonator onstage. The skit garnered some kvetching from the crowd. Mrs. S. stopped the show when one heckler wouldn’t play along with the meant-for-entertainment action onstage. Turning to the unknown loudmouth, Streisand unceremoniously, and certainly unladylike-ly, said “Shut the (expletive) up! Shut up if you can’t take a joke!” The celebrity-dotted audience delighted in her unladylike action and the show moved on without a hitch.”

“‘Bitch troll!’ snarled her Inner Slapper, most unladylikely.[…]‘Pompous twat,’ muttered Elizabeth, most unladylikely.”

“I tried to turn myself round unladylikely, with my bum in the air, and Roxster started giggling as he hoisted me back up onto the bed, whispering, ‘Please don’t fart.’”

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