girlishly

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girlishly  /ˈɡɜr lɪʃ li/ ? Meaning of "girlishly"

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Definition(s):

  • (adv) like a girl

Usage(s):

  1. Author Eberhart is at her best with a distraught, put-upon heroine who willfully withholds evidence from the authorities and girlishly keeps appointments with murder suspects.
  2. She's being coy about the details, but she is behaving amazingly girlishly.
  3. Though this six-foot, bearded, spinsterish Englishman never married, he was fortunate in the young men on whom he sometimes girlishly innocent crushes.

Quotes

  • "He's not the same guy who in Season 1 was sitting in the car and screaming girlishly," Mr. Schwartz said. "If the theme of last year was boy becomes man, then this year would be man becomes spy."
    on Jan 4, 2010 By: Josh Schwartz Source: New York Times

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