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girlish
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[ adjective ] (education) befitting or characteristic of a young girl
Synonyms Examples "girlish charm" "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Miss_Sutherland appeared almost as another person in this scene : A much more girlish Lucia , a sensational coloratura who ran across stage while singing , and an actress immersed in her role . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)The girlish voice was nearly a whisper . At the end of the room there was a desk heaped with papers , and she began to riffle these , making sighs and and noises of girlish exasperation . Related terms |
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