girlie

American  

[gur-lee] / ˈgɜr li /

Or girly

adjective

girlier, girliest

1. featuring nude or scantily clad young women: girlie magazines.

   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.

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

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noun

• girlies
  plural

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.

girlie British  

/ ˈɡɜːlɪ /

noun

1. a little girl

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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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• girlies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of girlie

First recorded in 1940–45; girl + -ie

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

girlie girlies girlier girliest

Though their obsessions with moisturizers and eyebrow grooming seem pretty girlie to someone of my generation, looksmaxxing is rooted in objectification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

"I don't think stereotypes like that have ever bothered me. I've never worried about sticking to particularly girlie things," Cleaver said.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

And even if you’re not a "BookTok girlie," as the online community often calls itself, chances are you recognize some of the titles and authors on display.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2025

Would we have gone out for lunch and had a nice girlie day together?

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2023

“Bye, little girlie . . . ,” I whispered into Daisy’s ear.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio

"It's our number one priority to show the girlies out there to be proud of where they come from, no matter what they look like."

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

And now Saturn Return seems to be popping off everywhere, or at least among the pop girlies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2024

Charli, for her part, is no longer a secret for pop girlies, gays and theys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

A separate post, featuring actresses on the set of the Barbie movie crowding around a laptop, read: "When me and the girlies are suddenly interested in sg politics."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2023

"I'm going to close this door now, girlies," he whispered.

From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles

I happened to also be a complete tomboy who wasn't interested in girlier things until much later in life.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2021

In our world, Hillary’s forceful participation in that interview saved Bill’s career; in Sittenfeld’s novel, his girlier wife crumbles on the air, and so do his political prospects.

From Slate ● May 9, 2020

Otherwise the magazine could turn out to be, as New York suggested, “a girlier version of Vanity Fair”— which is a bad thing for Condé Nast.

From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2010

Kimber—the flightiest, girliest Hologram, with the longest, most labor-intensive hair—only dates girls; nobody thinks that’s a problem, nor does anybody think it odd that she falls for someone with Stormer’s body type.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2015

My older sister is the girliest girl on the planet, so I just hated everything about that.

From Forbes ● Nov. 21, 2012

Douglas, a bearded bear of a man, ordered a venti double-chocolate-chip Frappuccino — “the girliest drink ever,” he called it — and then sat down to discuss the future of the growing survivalist industry.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2012

I think I was wishing it so hard, I actually imagined it, which was the girliest thing I’ve probably ever done in my life.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith

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

From The Cinder Pond by Rankin, Carroll Watson