girlie

or girl·y

[ gur-lee ]

adjective,girl·i·er, girl·i·est.
  1. featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show;girlie magazines.

  2. 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.

  1. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (especially of a man) effeminate or timid.

noun,plural girl·ies.
  1. Disparaging and Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.

  2. Older Use. a girl, especially a young girl: cute little girlies.

Origin of girlie

1
First recorded in 1940–45; girl + -ie

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How to use girlie in a sentence

  • It was the very girliest of girl's rooms and the windows overlooked the lake.

    The Cinder Pond | Carroll Watson Rankin

British Dictionary definitions for girlie

girlie

girly

/ (ˈɡɜːlɪ) /


noun
  1. a little girl

adjective
  1. displaying or featuring nude or scantily dressed women: a girlie magazine

  2. suited to or designed to appeal to young women: a girlie night out

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