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as in feminine
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as in boyish
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Recent Examples of girlish
Wuthering Heights has the tunnel-vision horniness and girlish aesthetic sensibility of a high-school freshman who’s been assigned to read Brontë in class while tearing through a pile of explicit bodice-rippers under the covers at home.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Her girlish pout, tiny waist and generous bust were often more appreciated than her talent.
—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
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
Her girlish pout, tiny waist and generous bust were often more appreciated than her talent.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlish
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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In person, Puth has a boyish style, like a musical variant of actor Paul Rudd.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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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
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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This time, however, Kubo may have the right mix of youthful energy and experience to help push his country further into contention.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
12 May 2026
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Portobello Bookshop is a small, youthful indie that programs the best events with the biggest names.—
Riza Cruz,
Vogue,
11 May 2026
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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The Modernist is friendly, drawing a mostly millennial mix of young families, gay couples, and girls trips.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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In all, through injuries and midweek rest for veterans, Varas started five players who are 20 or younger.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Gombrowicz never really ‘assimilated’ to life in Argentina, partly due to the unique and unprecedented circumstances that brought him there in the first place, but also because of his naturally irreverent and at times even childish attitude towards literary establishment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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The literature on adolescence marks middle school as a turning point, a time when kids begin to pull away from their parents, discard childish pursuits, and pursue, full thrust, the exhausting project of individuation.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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