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as in girlish
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as in tomboyish
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Adjective
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As if the florals weren’t girlish enough, Kidman—styled by Jason Bolden—cinched her waist with a black satin bow belt.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
12 Dec. 2024 -
With a big smile and girlish shrug of her shoulders, the blade finds flesh and digs in.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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That was a childish goal of the sort that had led her to challenge deëxtinction for so many years.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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Saying that people are childish and should show more journalistic integrity in a piece like this is missing the point.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Like a Faustian figure, Kilmer’s Elvis plays to Clarence’s macho aspiration.—
Beatrice Loayza,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2025
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The latter is led by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal), a macho American mountain guide who climbed Everest's peak two years prior to the events of the film.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2025
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Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Boyish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boyish. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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