schoolboyish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- schoolboyishly adverb
- schoolboyishness noun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Salomon said zeroing in on the naked statue “is kind of schoolboyish.”
From New York Times
Scoured of spin before a nation in disbelief, his degrading comments about women portrayed him as a sexual predator, made more unseemly by the schoolboyish laughter from sidekick Billy Bush.
From Los Angeles Times
He is a soft-spoken, gentle ruler, well mannered and with a schoolboyish eagerness to please.
From New York Times
It is jolly hair, schoolboyish hair, hair that apparently refuses to be anything other than it is.
From The Guardian
It sounds schoolboyish but you start trying to work out who to be buddies with – are they going?
From The Guardian
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