Obs. exc. as nonce-wd. Also 5 ladily. [f. LADY sb. + -LY1.] Befitting or characteristic of a lady, ladylike.

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13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., A. 773. Ouer alle oþer so hyȝ þou clambe, To lede with hym so ladyly lyf.

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a. 1400[?].  Morte Arth., 3254. In a surcott of sylke … with ladily lappes the lenghe of a ȝerde.

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c. 1477.  Caxton, Jason, 12 b. He brought to his mynde her fair and fresshe colour—her ladyly maytiene and her noble facoun and corpulence.

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1840.  Tait’s Mag., VII. 385. We do not refer to the fashionable annuals, those very ineffable bulletins of lordly and ladyly inanity.

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