Even his classic boyish looks seem to proclaim his good humour and openness.
He had an engaging smile, quite boyish, which transformed his otherwise serious face.
His artlessness was boyish and so were his acuteness and his transparent but somewhat belated good sense.
Pale ears beneath a boyish crewcut were pricked up alertly.
Peter Frechette plays Peter as emerging into manhood from a scruffy, boyish petulance.
Still very boyish, smooth and neat; no imbalance yet, he caught a wonderful perfection.
There was the boyish enthusiasm and raw speed of Maurice Greene and the quiet, understated professionalism of the unbeatable Michael Johnson.
Thor cut through their courteous offerings of hospitality with a boyish challenge.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►boyish figure
At 45, she still had a trim boyish figure.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►boyish charm
· Women seem to love his boyish charm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►figure
· At last my boyish figure had acquired some status and a more attractive description: gamine.
someone who is boyish looks or behaves like a boy in a way that is attractive → girlish: boyish good looks At 45, she still had a trim boyish figure.—boyishly adverb: boyishly handsome—boyishness noun [uncountable]