boyish
adjective
of or befitting a boy; engagingly youthful or innocent.
boyishness
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a word derived from
boyish.
Example Sentences
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You ever worry that the boyishness of your voice will start to feel emotionally inappropriate for your age?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2024
There was a boyishness to him that seemed to excuse his characters’ worst behavior, on “Friends” and in later roles.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Roberts, throughout the day, had lost his own famous bloom of boyishness till he looked more and more like his predecessor William Rehnquist.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2020
Benjamin, who is now fifty-eight, retains something of the boyishness of a half century ago, despite the fact that his close-cropped hair is silver.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
Kainene looked even thinner next to Olanna, almost androgynous, her tight maxi outlining the boyishness of her hips.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
