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Recent Examples of girlish
There’s still a girlish quality to Mishi’s look thanks to the short shorts, which also accentuate the legs that will determine her greatness.
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Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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
As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Oliver Sava, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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
As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlish
Adjective
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Gunawan’s designs include a bevy of couture and ready-to-wear pieces for women, each intricately crafted with feminine touches and details at the fore.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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Still, both Kimberly-Clark and Kenvue make name-brand products in segments where consumers are less likely to shift to store brands, including hair care, skin care, feminine products and mouth care, according to Circana.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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He’s picked up by a family — a bespectacled father (Mark MacRae), pregnant mother (Zoë Barrett-Wood), teenaged daughter (Audrey Wellington) and boyish son (Lochlan Ray Miller).—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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That boyish glee was evident again Monday against Utah.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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The British designer made a stealthy comeback in 2023 with a namesake label hinged on her brand of modern minimalism, womanly allure and uncompromising quality.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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McQuarrie’s feats lack the comic timing, composition, and emotionalism that cartoonist-director Brad Bird brought to the thrilling Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Ethan/Tom spider-walking the Burj Khalifa skyscraper and outrunning a dust storm, Paula Patton’s womanly catfight with Léa Seydoux).—
Armond White,
National Review,
23 May 2025
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With a new wave of talent, including Santiago Giménez, Edson Álvarez, and César Montes leading the charge, El Tri are blending youthful energy with experienced leadership.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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And then there's his relatively youthful age of 34 - which was part of his appeal for young voters, but more off-putting to chief executives who may be decades older.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Designed specifically for female feet to provide a next-level fit, according to the brand, these boast a padded heel, performance-level cushioning, and a no-slip tongue that will stay in place far beyond 10,000 steps.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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With yet another title opportunity against Stratton, some believe that now may finally be the time for Cargill to win the top female prize on the blue brand.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC, offers food benefits, breastfeeding services and nutrition education to 65,000 Arkansas women, infants and children younger than five.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Oct. 2025
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Every young solo traveler should heed these nine tips.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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As sublime as countertop donuts and as nourishing as a rack of girlie magazines, Clerks is a terrific movie gorge.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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There’s a bunch of girlie stuff on the walls; the furniture and paint are all pink.—
Najwa Jamal,
Curbed,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The brand is seeing an upswing post-pandemic, as these childish styles, long favored in Asia-Pacific countries like Japan and South Korea, become increasingly popular in China and the West.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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She’s fallen under the sway of a fashionable worldview in which logic is paramount, and the realm of emotion and magic and even dæmons is just childish fancy.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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