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Definition of Girlishly
1. Adverb. Like a girl. "She was girlishly shy"
Definition of Girlishly
1. Adverb. In a girlish manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Girlishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Girlishly
Literary usage of Girlishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Ila Language by Edwin William Smith (1907)
"... adv. girlishly, in the manner of a girl (one past puberty). ... ad;', girlishly,
in the manner of a young girl. ..."
2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"GANYMEDE was once a girlishly handsome, precocious youth. That one cannot, for
any considerable number of years, go on being youthful, girlishly handsome, ..."
3. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1878)
"He glanced once and once only to where Muriel stood, tall and graceful, girlishly
supple, girlishly simple too, ..."
4. A Ward of the Golden Gate by Bret Harte (1890)
"said Paul, watching her girlishly animated face. " Yes; and as you don't ask
questions, I '11 tell you why. There is one of the sweetest old ladies there ..."
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