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as in girlish
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as in tomboyish
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyish
Adjective
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Pop stars like Charli XCX and Sabrina Carpenter conjured girlish elegance in pale gowns with feathers and ruffles.—
The Styles Desk,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2025 -
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Saxon has consistently bullied Lochlan, mocking his alleged virginity and trying to reshape him into a more aggressive, macho male image.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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Shōgun hulu Sons of Anarchy Years: 2008-2014 Length: 7 seasons, 92 episodes Creator: Kurt Sutter Kurt Sutter’s macho reimagining of Hamlet in the world of a California motorcycle gang often gets a bad rap as nothing more than macho posturing.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of going edgy, Michael Kors put the model in a super-girlie floral look from head to toe.—
Alex Apatoff,
Peoplemag,
10 Sep. 2022
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The clients had asked that the space not be too girlie, and the wallcovering, a holdover from the suite’s life as guest quarters, worked as a neutral background.—
Alison Van Houten,
WSJ,
21 July 2021
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“Boyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyish. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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