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as in girly
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as in boyish
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Recent Examples of girlish
The rounded aspect at the top of her dress was an exquisite touch to an already girlish presentation with the double bow additions.
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Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 May 2024
Molly, the brainchild of designer Kenny Wong, is a girlish character with emerald eyes and a permanent pout.
—Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Despite having been dead for a few hundred years now, Marie Antoinette remains one of the most enduring style icons in human history and Coppola's film feeds that insatiable fascination with a fresh, girlish vision of the tragic monarch.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
The presentation was a celebration of ethereal fabrics, and girlish elements: baby pink, gracefully adorned tulle pieces with floral print and 3D flower embellishments, reminiscent of a ballet performance.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
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Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 21 May 2024
Molly, the brainchild of designer Kenny Wong, is a girlish character with emerald eyes and a permanent pout.
—Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Despite having been dead for a few hundred years now, Marie Antoinette remains one of the most enduring style icons in human history and Coppola's film feeds that insatiable fascination with a fresh, girlish vision of the tragic monarch.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
The presentation was a celebration of ethereal fabrics, and girlish elements: baby pink, gracefully adorned tulle pieces with floral print and 3D flower embellishments, reminiscent of a ballet performance.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlish
Adjective
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Elements usually thought of as feminine and masculine interchange.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 Apr. 2025
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This feminine form of Gerald is old-fashioned, but chic.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even among digital natives – youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging – a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.—
David Fang,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Celtics nearly doubled up their youthful foes in the first quarter, opening up a 34-18 lead while shooting 7-for-16 from 3-point range.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2024
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Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.—
Miles Socha,
WWD,
4 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Related Stories As Dickens goes over each of Jesus’ miracles and other pivotal moments ahead of his gruesome death, young Walter walks into the biblical passages as an unseen figure watching from the sidelines and becoming enraptured by the tall tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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About midway through, his character, searching for a trafficked young woman, poses as a drug dealer looking to score a connection with a local kingpin holding court in the backroom of a biker bar.—
Donald Liebenson,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While fully grown female tortoises of the species can weigh upward of 250 lbs., the babies currently only weigh about 70 to 80 grams.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Animal: Cookie Butter, a 2-1/2-year-old, 34-pound, female, Terrier mix.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 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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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
Adjective
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There is an infantile phase, a childhood phase, and an adult phase.—
Team Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are still rooms and contexts in which Germans — and now the head coach of the English national football team — are subject to infantile innuendo.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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