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girlie

or girl·y

[ gur-lee ]

adjective

, girl·i·er, girl·i·est.
  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.


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.

girlie

/ ˈɡɜːlɪ /

noun

  1. a little girl
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of girlie1

First recorded in 1940–45; girl + -ie
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Example Sentences

The thing is this: the only way this show is girlie is that Mindy wears colorful clothing.

But 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.

“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.

Come along, girlie, directed the aunt, and she wound an arm over the shoulder that pressed up to her affectionately.

Hester, my blessed, blessed girlie, it is the most beautiful thing in the world!

That's good, girlie; and now you must eat your luncheon and then lie down for a little rest before you go this afternoon.

The offer was graciousness itself, but it implied such a lack on Girlie's part that she felt vaguely uncomfortable.

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