ungirlish
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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He had thought these qualities ungirlish at the time; now he thanked God for the memory of them.
From The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
I candidly believe, Dan, that she is simply ashamed of having fainted before us last evening—fancies it looks weak, I suppose; and she does pride herself so on her 142 ungirlish strength.
From That Girl Montana by Marah Ellis Ryan
Thérèse glanced up from her lace work and nodded, hoping in a formal and quite ungirlish manner that she would be happy with them.
From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Her eyes were bent on him with a scrutiny that was nearly ungirlish.
From Tongues of Conscience by Robert Smythe Hichens
Now the idea of that dingy omnibus, of the yellow fog, muddy streets, dirty boots, and tired limbs;—of the lonely, ungirlish battling for independence, sent through her a weak movement of false shame.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
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