unlady-like

It was dirty, my mother said, unlady-like, but it didn't seem to matter when I had other lady features: breasts, for example, or long blond hair.

Everything I Had Amy Butcher 2011

My language has been described as unlady-like at best and drunken sailor-like at worst.

Substitution of Words Amanda 2008

My language has been described as unlady-like at best and drunken sailor-like at worst.

Archive 2008-04-01 Amanda 2008

After accomplishing that unlady-like task, I was feeling pretty damn good about myself, feeling a little more empowered — a little more cocky, a little more back-to-the-middle of middle age.

Chicken Soup for The Soul : Moms & Sons Jack Canfield 2008

However, her impression that women use more tag-questions ( "Nice day, isn't it?" because they're socialized to believe that assertion is unlady-like) is not so outdated, but these days, men also use the tag-question hedging technique.

How A Hug Lasts Forever fantasyecho 2006

After accomplishing that unlady-like task, I was feeling pretty damn good about myself, feeling a little more empowered — a little more cocky, a little more back-to-the-middle of middle age.

Chicken Soup for The Soul : Moms & Sons Jack Canfield 2008

And, yes, there ` s even something we can all learn from these unlady-like battles.

CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2007 2007

In it, the hotel heiress is begging for the camera ` s attention and throwing out some rather unlady-like language.

CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2007 2007

Then you go into the bathrooms and are both mervelled and perplexed at the remote control sized panel on the side of the toilet with random buttons for "flushing noises" that last for 25 seconds but don't actually flush the water anyway (so the instructions on the wall say) because it's considered unlady-like for anyone else to hear you pee.

lily-white Diary Entry lily-white 2006

Hovering over the porcelain bowl in a very unlady-like way.

What Happens in Baja Should Stay There! - Baja Cantina 2005