boyish
adjective
of or befitting a boy; engagingly youthful or innocent.
unboyishly
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a word derived from
boyish.
Example Sentences
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But Tommy laughed unboyishly with a cracked sound in his throat.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
It was the uselessness of Big Jim's death that made the boy unboyishly bitter.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
