girlie
or girl·y
featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show;girlie magazines.
Usually Disparaging and Offensive. of, characteristic of, or befitting girls or young women; feminine in a traditional way: a girlie girl who likes everything sparkly and pink;high-pitched girlie voices.
Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (especially of a man) effeminate or timid.
Disparaging and Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.
Older Use. a girl, especially a young girl: cute little girlies.
Origin of girlie
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How to use girlie in a sentence
The thing is this: the only way this show is girlie is that Mindy wears colorful clothing.
Inside the Mind of The Mindy Project’s Resident Weirdo, Ike Barinholtz | Kevin Fallon | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut like Romy & Michelle and Baby Mama, those movies, by and large, are easy to describe as, well, girlie.
Most of all, she was a “girlie girl,” Pastor Rick Long of Grace Church of Arvada said.
A Tearful Goodbye to Colorado Kidnap Victim Jessica Ridgeway | Christine Pelisek | October 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“I came in thinking this is all going to be touchy feely girlie stuff, but it only took a few days and I was hooked,” he told me.
I'm beginning to think that there is a good deal to Jack, for all he's so girlie.
We Ten | Lyda Farrington Kraus
Come along, girlie, directed the aunt, and she wound an arm over the shoulder that pressed up to her affectionately.
The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong | Lillian GarisHester, my blessed, blessed girlie, it is the most beautiful thing in the world!
Those Dale Girls | Frank Weston CarruthThat's good, girlie; and now you must eat your luncheon and then lie down for a little rest before you go this afternoon.
Marjorie's Busy Days | Carolyn WellsThe offer was graciousness itself, but it implied such a lack on girlie's part that she felt vaguely uncomfortable.
The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor | Annie Fellows Johnston
British Dictionary definitions for girlie
girly
/ (ˈɡɜːlɪ) /
a little girl
displaying or featuring nude or scantily dressed women: a girlie magazine
suited to or designed to appeal to young women: a girlie night out
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