Antonyms for girlish
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gur-lish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɜr lɪʃ |
Definition of girlish
Origin :- 1560s, from girl + -ish. Related: Girlishly; girlishness.
- adj juvenile
- The fairy godmother romance of it fascinated her girlish mind.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- How often, in her girlish reveries, had she thought of that incident, that stranger!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- But with girlish wilfulness she had clung to it the more positively.
- Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
- This morning indeed he found her all girlish gentleness and appeal.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Clara was even more beautiful than her girlish loveliness had promised.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- "I remember it," she answered, a girlish blush rising to her face.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- Over his eyes in a girlish caprice, and crying, “Who is it?”
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- All at once he was conscious of a perfume he knew, and of a girlish figure facing him.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- There was an interval of silence, and then the girlish voice called again.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- He heard again the girlish laughter and concluded she could not be over sixteen.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
Synonyms for girlish
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