Modifies a noun

• way: I love eating mangoes and letting the juice run down my chin but I do have another more ladylike way of enjoying this fruit.

• manner: Jean carried out the unveiling in a most ladylike manner and received much applause.

Modifying Another Word

• very: Laura is very ladylike and elegant, but also very acrobatic and agile.

• n't: Rage was not for women: it was n't ladylike or proper.