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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So I am surprised by the sparky, open woman – still as girlishly fresh-faced as in her film debut, Mystic Pizza, 32 years ago – who greets me when we connect by Zoom.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 3, 2020
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
She lowered her gaze girlishly, depositing the seed hulls into a dish.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
