What's the difference between behaviour and ladylike?

Behaviour


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These channels may, at least in some cases, be responsible for the generation of pacemaker depolarizations, thereby regulating firing behaviour.
  • (2) The stages of mourning involve cognitive learning of the reality of the loss; behaviours associated with mourning, such as searching, embody unlearning by extinction; finally, physiological concomitants of grief may influence unlearning by direct effects on neurotransmitters or neurohormones, such as cortisol, ACTH, or norepinephrine.
  • (3) The behaviour of DAO suggests that the enzyme plays an important role in the control of intracellular diamine concentration.
  • (4) This suggests that hypothalamic NPY might be involved in food choice and that PVNp is important in the regulation of feeding behaviour by NPY.
  • (5) Once the temperature rises above 28C, shoppers' behaviour changes in all kinds of ways, according to Jones.
  • (6) This study provides strong and unexpected evidence that one admission to hospital of more than a week's duration or repeated admissions before the age of five years (in particular between six months and four years) are associated with an increased risk of behaviour disturbance and poor reading in adolescence.
  • (7) For this to work, its leaders had to be able to at least influence the behaviour and tactics of the militant operators on the ground.
  • (8) Socio-economic improvement or behavioural changes appear necessary for the control of trachoma in endemic areas.
  • (9) Isolates showed a decrease in the intensity of apomorphine-induced stereotyped behaviours but no change in stereotypy induced by AMPH.
  • (10) "With the advent of sophisticated data-processing capabilities (including big data), the big number-crunchers can detect, model and counter all manner of online activities just by detecting the behavioural patterns they see in the data and adjusting their tactics accordingly.
  • (11) There were no significant effects of chlordiazepoxide treatment on the behaviour of subordinate rats.
  • (12) Malema has distorted his leftwing credentials with outrageous behaviour.
  • (13) Pupils who disrupt the learning of their classmates are dealt with firmly and, in many cases, a short suspension is an effective way of nipping bad behaviour in the bud."
  • (14) The influence of mucin on the corrosion behaviour of seven typical dental casting alloys was investigated.
  • (15) That the BBC has probably not been as vulnerable since the 1980s is also true – not least because the enemies of impartiality are more powerful, and the BBC's competitors (maimed after a year's exposure of their own behaviour in the Leveson inquiry ) are keen to wreck it.
  • (16) The behaviour of the enzyme from Candida utilis and from Baker's yeast on columns of these and of Blue Sepharose CL-6B was examined, together with the behaviour of the contaminating enzyme, ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase (EC 5.1.3.1).
  • (17) Early views of the Type A behaviour pattern (TABP) sought to disengage it from either neuroticism or emotional distress.
  • (18) Males exploit this behavioural switch by increasing their sneaky mating attempts.
  • (19) There was no evidence of a response to the specific behavioural suggestion during the postoperative interview.
  • (20) Scientists at the University of Trento, Italy, have discovered that the way a dog's tail moves is linked to its mood, and by observing each other's tails, dogs can adjust their behaviour accordingly .

Ladylike


Definition:

  • (a.) Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred.
  • (a.) Becoming or suitable to a lady; as, ladylike manners.
  • (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Finally it has been confirmed that Cheryl Cole , the formerly punchy but now ever-so-ladylike doyenne of British showbiz, is shipping out to Los Angeles to take her place on the US X Factor judging panel.
  • (2) They can look downright ladylike, even sexy, and this has caused the high street to go shorts-crazy.
  • (3) This early reporting of the suffragette movement by the Guardian, edited through a male Liberal view that thought women could earn their enfranchisement if they engaged in reasoned debate and behaved in a ladylike manner, set the tone for much that was to follow.
  • (4) Students were required to live in nursing homes, be in their rooms at certain hours, dress in very restrictive uniforms and ever strive to be ladylike.
  • (5) Which makes me wonder: if philosophy is to be more "gender friendly", do philosophers have first to act, well, if not in more "ladylike" fashion, then at least with greater decorum?
  • (6) Austen was marketed as a universal Aunt Jane in a perfect Hampshire cottage – sweet, cosy, ladylike, amateur and unthreatening.
  • (7) This year's Tangled brought in " Disney Princess " No 10, Rapunzel, but despite a bit of pop-culture attitude, her ultimate fate is to be ladylike, marry a prince and live happily ever after in her newfound patriarchal milieu, just like her predecessors.
  • (8) In person she is dainty, almost exaggeratedly ladylike, and much more playfully ambivalent than the public debate about her book.
  • (9) Before he leaves at 10pm, someone suggests that, since they are still bigging up the ladylike look, the fashion press may not go a bundle on the grungy baby-doll dresses, plaid shirts and biker boots that Slimane sent down the catwalk.
  • (10) Kate Pool, its deputy chief executive, said: “She was amazing – very quiet, controlled, genteel, ladylike, polite, old-fashioned – she didn’t suffer fools gladly, but was amazingly kind.
  • (11) These results suggest that social assessments made about female sport participation within high school status systems remain heavily influenced by traditional beliefs regarding feminine, "ladylike" behavior.
  • (12) Her self-deprecating, acerbic jokes were sliced out in the edit suite; vulgar remarks that were deemed insufficiently ladylike were excised from her column.

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