girlishlyadv.
/ˈɡəːlᵻʃli/, U.S. /ˈɡərlᵻʃli/ In a girlish manner.
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the world > people > person > child > girl > [adverb]
girlishly1723
young-girlishly1928
1723 T. Dyche Dict. Eng. Tongue Girlishly.
1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxix. 271 I girlishly wished for Liberty.
1824 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. II. xv. 279 [Henry VIII] Thou art still girlishly fond of those dried cherries!
1885 M. Pattison Mem. 123 Of all beyond I was girlishly ignorant.
1920 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 15 8/2 A form supple and voluptuous within which dreams a spirit capricious and girlishly innocent.
1975 R. P. Warren Democracy & Poetry ii. 52 She had never lost her girlishly lissome figure.
2005 Independent 28 Nov. (.media section) 3/2 The Sun's Rebekah Wade girlishly air-kissed everyone in sight, determined to appear more fluffy than toughie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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