the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Belonging to a boy; pertaining to boyhood; in a disparaging sense, childish, trifling, puerile: as, “a boyish odd conceit,”
Synonyms
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adj. befitting or characteristic of a young boy
Word Usage
"_not_ chew gum, but she whistled, and the teachers who reproved her most for what they called a boyish trick, always listened intently, when the clear, musical notes, now soft and low, now loud and shrill, were heard outside, or in the building."