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as in girlish
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as in tomboyish
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boyish
Adjective
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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 -
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.—
Mary McNamara,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The pair settle right away into the half-affectionate, half-annoyed, goofy childish dynamic recognizable to adult siblings everywhere — to the amusement and occasional irritation of Frank, a locally beloved good old boy who’s only the teeny-tiniest bit prone to vanity and corruption.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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In his sparse notebooks, his childish, unformed handwriting was endearing to me.—
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Trump and Musk view masculinity quite similarly: tough-guy language, macho actions, irreverent, crude — and often unmoved by emotionalism, empathy or restraint.—
Axios,
Axios,
13 Feb. 2025
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Donald Trump goes low, Elon Musk goes Sieg heil!, and Mark Zuckerberg goes so macho January 25, 2025 Reading Time: 5 minutes The intense run-up to oligarchic rule was reflected in our poll results, as many of the system’s most fervent supporters (that is, oligarchs) continued to strut and crow.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Instead of going edgy, Michael Kors put the model in a super-girlie floral look from head to toe.—
Alex Apatoff,
Peoplemag,
10 Sep. 2022
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The clients had asked that the space not be too girlie, and the wallcovering, a holdover from the suite’s life as guest quarters, worked as a neutral background.—
Alison Van Houten,
WSJ,
21 July 2021
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“Boyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyish. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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