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girlish

[gur-lish]

adjective

of, like, or befitting a girl or girlhood: girlish laughter.

Origin:
1555–65; girl + -ish¹

Related forms

girl·ish·ly, adverb

girl·ish·ness, noun

un·girl·ish, adjective

un·girl·ish·ly, adverb

un·girl·ish·ness, noun

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girlish (ˈɡɜːlɪʃ)

—*adj*
	of or like a girl in looks, behaviour, innocence, etc

girlishly

—*adv*

girlishness

—n

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"We have dancing ... from soon after sundown until a few minutes after nine o'clock.... Occasionally the boys who play the female partners in the dances exercise their ingenuity in dressing to look as girlish as possible. In the absence of lady duds they use leaves, and the leaf-clad beauties often look very pretty and always odd enough."

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