girly
adjective
(of a girl or woman) feminine in a traditional way, or excessively feminine (sometimes disparaging).
girliness
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a word derived from
girly.
Example Sentences
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“I think it was the girliness that attracted us to it,” Ms. Anderson said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
Can we claim power as women without also denigrating girliness?
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
Though associated often with girliness, today glitter is bigger than that.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2017
Presumably, at the alley, Santorum objected not to the girliness of the ball, but to its gender-bending placement in the hands of a young man.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2012
If even Martha can't escape this tender trap, the need to convince us of her sweetness and girliness, what woman can?
From Time Magazine Archive
