girlishly
- a word derived from girlish.
Example Sentences
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The woman who gazed from the photo in the Gary Post Tribune in April 1965 was blond and girlishly glamorous, wearing dark — I assumed red — lipstick.
From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2017
“I love veal,” she said, girlishly, and also like a housewife in an ad, and traded plates with him and started to fall in love.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2015
As Hilde reminds Solness as she girlishly flirts with him, he promised to build her a “kingdom” one day, and she has come to see that he pays up.
From New York Times • May 21, 2013
Then she girlishly draws up her knees, and looks like she's going to sit there and wait for him to call.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2010
She lowered her gaze girlishly, depositing the seed hulls into a dish.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
