girlish
adjective
of, like, or befitting a girl or girlhood.
girlishly
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a word derived from
girlish.
Example Sentences
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She giggled girlishly as she recounted the compliment.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2020
But Gabrielle Ruiz and Michael McMillian also get to invent “real” singing voices for their characters, and the results are fun, especially Ruiz’s, which is girlishly high.
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2019
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
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
My mother laughed girlishly one night, trying not to pronounce sheep as ship.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
