kittenish
adjective
coyly playful.
kittenishly
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a word derived from
kittenish.
Example Sentences
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Robin Parkinson's sonically activated Toy-Pet-Plexi-Ball is a sparkling basketball-sized plastic sphere that rolls kittenishly away every time the viewer claps his hands together.
From Time Magazine Archive
She began by cavorting kittenishly with a rag doll, then movingly matured into a woman in the throes of first love.
From Time Magazine Archive
When in the name of 750,000 gods of reason will I ever learn enough to stay at home and go to bed instead of searching kittenishly for diversion in neighborhood movie and vaudeville houses?
From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Ben Hecht
It sprawled kittenishly, its deceptive softness faintly suggesting fur; at once playful and destructive.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
"His career is yours, you know," kittenishly bromidic, Emelene comforted her.
From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Elizabeth Garver Jordan
