淑女のような振る舞いを心がけている。
I try to behave like a lady.
Internet slang; a playful or ironic twist on the 'lady' meaning, used to label a woman with perverted tendencies. Not used in formal settings.
ネットでは彼女を淑女と呼ぶ人がいる。
Some people online call her a 'lady' (meaning a female pervert).
She behaved like a proper lady at the party.
She is kind to everyone and is called a true lady.
婦人 is a neutral, formal term for an adult woman used in official or institutional contexts, whereas 淑女 specifically emphasizes elegance and refined manners.
令嬢 refers to a young, unmarried woman of good family background, while 淑女 focuses on a woman's grace and manners regardless of age or lineage.
淑女 describes a refined, well-mannered woman and is used far more often in modern Japanese than the archaic 貴女 in this meaning.
紳士 refers to a refined, well-mannered man, serving as the male counterpart to 淑女, which refers to a refined woman.
淑女 describes a refined, virtuous lady, the opposite of the scheming or immoral 悪女.
淑女 means 'a lady, a refined woman' (a person), while 淑徳 means 'womanly virtue' (an abstract quality), despite sharing the kanji 淑.
From Middle Chinese-derived kanji 淑 (graceful, refined) and 女 (woman). The slang sense is a modern ironic extension.