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as in boyish
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Recent Examples of girlish
Her girlish pout, tiny waist and generous bust were often more appreciated than her talent.
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CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
With her girlish grin and short blonde hair, Rebecca looked ten years old.
—Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth arrives, sweeping into the joint, breathlessly, on a gust of girlish ambition.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
At the waist of Deutch’s dress, a statement bow made of metallic silver beading featured, giving the dress a playful, girlish quality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
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CBS News, 28 Dec. 2025
With her girlish grin and short blonde hair, Rebecca looked ten years old.
—Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
Elizabeth arrives, sweeping into the joint, breathlessly, on a gust of girlish ambition.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
At the waist of Deutch’s dress, a statement bow made of metallic silver beading featured, giving the dress a playful, girlish quality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlish
Adjective
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Love Purse collects purses under $20, along with feminine products, deodorant, soap, body lotion, hand sanitizer, dental hygiene and hair care products, slippers and socks, compact mirrors, chocolates and mints, and other items.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Its softer and more feminine guise includes floral upholstery in lemony shades.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Nothing except getting into fierce arguments with fellow-Jews, some would say, which Olitzky—who has a round, boyish face and a conciliatory manner—portrayed as a privilege rather than a burden.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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While both these trends lead away from feminine curves, there is not the slightest boyish feeling in the new mode… Another thing noticeable about the new styles is the refreshing lack of period revivals.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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On the left: a photograph of a blurred womanly figure, her white dress smeared into an avian or angelic wingspan, her head eerily effaced, allowing the forest behind her to show sharply through.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Dec. 2025
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Tarun would tease her, and my mother would look sorrowfully toward Kavitha, as if the two of them now shared some womanly burden.—
Madhuri Vijay,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Flávio, youthful at 44, is tied with the incumbent in polls, and accuses Lula of being too close to China.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Widening our view to the moon’s more recent epochs requires nabbing more youthful material from the surface.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The report also noted that two separate client groups from Blackbird Mountain Guides — one a group of female friends with two guides, the other a trio of men with two guides — had been combined into a party of 15 for the trip out to the Castle Peak Snowpark trailhead beside I-80.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Hegseth has fired numerous senior military officers and generals, many of them female or Black, leading some critics to question whether their race or gender contributed to their firing.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Szeemann’s two Venice Biennales followed a decade of frantic exhibition-making across the globe, by Szeemann himself and by young professionals proud to call themselves independent curators.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The legislation would require social media platforms to estimate the age of users and exclude obscene content to children 16 years old or younger.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
2 Apr. 2026
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Now Venerdì Pomeriggio promises to keep faith with Ponti’s signature girly and whimsical aesthetic but within a different business framework, hinged on smaller production, a sustainable focus and lower price points compared to her previous line.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
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This look has a soft and girly vibe.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
20 Feb. 2026
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The use of childish internet and video-game memes to describe violence is coarse and unworthy of the men and women who go in harm’s way.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
1 Apr. 2026
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However, this is a childish fantasy.—
Dr. Michael Good,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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