Ladylikeness

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  • noun. The quality or state of being ladylike.
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  • noun. Ladylike behaviour.
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  • noun. behavior befitting a lady
  • Word Usage
    "If women behaved with more modesty and more ladylikeness, men would behave less boorishly."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract