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or girly
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Recent Examples of girlie
But yesterday, Rihanna did a sartorial 180, ditching her tomboyish ’fit for a girly, baby pink look.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Plus, these flats come in fun colors such as red and lavender for the ultimate girly-girl travel shoe.
—Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Why is there this seemingly sudden push for rom-coms, or in millennial speak, girly pop films?
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Having a soft, girly/natural color scheme and lots of florals were a must.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Aug. 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
Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
The girly style is all grown up.
—Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Her new collection took its cues from the anatomy of bows without the girly frills.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Plus, these flats come in fun colors such as red and lavender for the ultimate girly-girl travel shoe.
—Rebecca Shinners, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
Why is there this seemingly sudden push for rom-coms, or in millennial speak, girly pop films?
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025
Having a soft, girly/natural color scheme and lots of florals were a must.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 4 Aug. 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
Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
The girly style is all grown up.
—Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Her new collection took its cues from the anatomy of bows without the girly frills.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlie
Adjective
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Workman, Chief Scientist and co-founder of the venture, helped coin the name Electric Goddess, honoring both the feminine energy of nurturing and the technical masculine drive of making.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Just like Sandy does, Bieber offset the biker jacket with more feminine pieces, like a pair of heeled mules and some itty-bitty micro shorts that further emphasized the leg.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Oliver Sava,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2025
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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
Adjective
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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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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.—
Julian Randall,
Essence,
9 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The powers that be explained to me that in the audiobook, there would be no easy way to identify the bees’ chapters, which were designated with italics in the printed version, unless the narrator’s voice changed from female to male.—
Elizabeth Bass Parman,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The West Virginia native became the face of female boxing in the mid-1990s, covering Sports Illustrated and helping to bring attention and legitimacy to the sport.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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So in a move that no one had approved, Wayans put on an effeminate voice for the character in hopes Executive Producer Lorne Michaels would be angry.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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In both sketches, Keaton plays an effeminate man who doesn’t quite understand the assignment.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes,
20 Oct. 2024
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“Girlie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlie. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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