Schoolgirly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Schoolgirly is an adjective meaning (informal) schoolgirlish.
Meaning
(informal) schoolgirlish.
Example Sentences
Mrs. Wilbur's paper was earnest, enthusiastic, a trifle schoolgirly in its sounding periods. It caused much more discussion than poor Flaubert.
"I finished early at college so I thought I'd see if I could spot you amongst all your little schoolgirly chums. So come on. Let's go for a walk or something."
It was good writing; astringent, economical. I now saw that Dawn O'Hara was sentimental and schoolgirly. This second piece of writing had a completely different attack. It was as though two distinct people had written these two pieces of fiction.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include schoolmissish, schoolmissy, shopgirlish, girly, gurly, girlish.
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