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girlishness

/gur-lish/US // ˈgɜr lɪʃ //UK // (ˈɡɜːlɪʃ) //

女孩子气,女生气质,女生,女孩子气的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, like, or befitting a girl or girlhood: girlish laughter.

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Examples

  • Lane discovers a lost wallet in the back of a taxi; inside, is a photograph of a young woman with a girlish “XXOO” inscription.

  • At the same time, however, she radiates an almost girlish vulnerability.

  • Gone were any girlish slip-ups, gone were sequins and glitter eye shadow.

  • Playful designer Erin Fetherston looks like a storybook heroine and designs girlish dresses for grown women.

  • As the interview begins, her voice takes on a girlish pitch.

  • He crushed them in his, then bent his head and kissed them; first the girlish right hand, then the left.

  • Tom, at the opposite end of the table, watched her girlish figure, her graceful gestures.

  • Lady May, although her girlish ways have not forsaken her, has no present thoughts of making any man happy.

  • As she made herself comfortable in his deepest chair she heard the girlish shallow voice launch out into a eulogy of the scenery.

  • She was a slim, girlish-looking woman, with a cascade of long dark hair falling over her shoulders.