Girlishly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Girlishly is an adverb meaning In a girlish manner.
Meaning
In a girlish manner.
Example Sentences
"What's worse, I suppose I girlishly trilled all this to him, and too often. […]"
Ganymede was once a girlishly handsome precocious youth. That one cannot for any considerable number of years go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, and precocious, seems on consideration to be a statement as worthy of credit as the famous syllogistic conclusion, "Socrates was mortal."
Synonyms for girlishly
Depending on context, synonyms include girlily, girly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include girlily, schoolgirlishly, femininely, ungirlishly, boyishly, childishly.
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