ladily
"ladily" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ladily” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or having the qualities of a lady.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ladily · ladily · English
ladily · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ladily |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ladily” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ladily is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or having the qualities of a lady.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ladily in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English ladyly, ladily; equivalent to lady + -ly. The correct English form is ladily, spelled L-A-D-I-L-Y.
Definition
- 1Of or having the qualities of a lady.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ladily appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But will the suppression of the population of the poor, receive the sanction of any but the lordly or ladily aristocrat?
The healer of the sick, whether physician or veterinarian, can by certain known remedies allay the irritations arising from merely functional derangements, but when the sable king in his ladily aspect and with fatal fangs approaches, skill is at once absorbed, and the ‘medicine man’ stands before the ‘grisly monster,’ a spectacle of utter impotency.
Etymology
From Middle English ladyly, ladily; equivalent to lady + -ly.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.