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as in feminine
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Recent Examples of girlie
Bjelland was one of the icons of the riot grrrl scene in the Nineties, and along with Courtney Love and Bratmobile’s Allison Wolfe, she was known for sporting hyper-feminine, girly dresses.
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Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026
Danielle Fishel shows off her girly side in florals at the Hulu Get Real House event in Los Angeles on April 22.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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
This look has a soft and girly vibe.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
In an era of girly pop, the group’s star is sure to continue to rise.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
There are endless ways to style these skirts, whether girly, sporty, or something else.
—Andrea Bossi, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
The Skims founder just embraced the girly, ruffly, bow-loving look with a festive—and somewhat unexpected—hairstyle.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026
Danielle Fishel shows off her girly side in florals at the Hulu Get Real House event in Los Angeles on April 22.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
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
This look has a soft and girly vibe.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
In an era of girly pop, the group’s star is sure to continue to rise.
—Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
There are endless ways to style these skirts, whether girly, sporty, or something else.
—Andrea Bossi, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
The Skims founder just embraced the girly, ruffly, bow-loving look with a festive—and somewhat unexpected—hairstyle.
—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlie
Adjective
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Claire Sterling, an Adidas designer who worked on the collaboration, told Footwear News Bad Bunny wanted a shoe that would speak to his fanbase but wasn’t too overly feminine.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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Bjelland was one of the icons of the riot grrrl scene in the Nineties, and along with Courtney Love and Bratmobile’s Allison Wolfe, she was known for sporting hyper-feminine, girly dresses.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
Adjective
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Known for her breathy, sultry yet girlish vocal style, Longet achieved significant success on the record charts, beginning with her 1967 debut album, Claudine, and, to a lesser extent, the subsequent The Look of Love (1967) and Love Is Blue (1968).—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Miho Sakoda’s Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San) managed a deft balance of girlish naiveté, true love and bitter betrayal with a soprano of apparently limitless expressivity.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Apr. 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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Advocates argue retained physical advantages still created disparities female athletes could not overcome through training alone.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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Her imperious, elderly father Herrmann (Sylvester Groth) has become disinhibited by dementia and is prone to touching his female caretaker (Patrycja Ziółkowska ) inappropriately, a problem Elsa doesn’t want to face any more than Lucy does.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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One of the earliest of American masculinity influencers was President Theodore Roosevelt, who touted his own transformation from a timid, effeminate man – local presses mocked him in his early career – to a rugged outdoorsman.—
Miriam Eve Mora,
The Conversation,
3 Apr. 2026
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Throughout the 1900s, and even into the ‘80s and ’90s, women often were encouraged to be more effeminate, and male counterparts were told to embrace their masculinity.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Girlie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlie. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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