Girlish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Characteristic of or befitting a girl: girlish charm.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. like a girl
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Like, or characteristic of, a girl; of or pertaining to girlhood; innocent; artless; immature; weak
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like or befitting a girl; characteristic of girls.
  • Pertaining to the youth of a woman.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. befitting or characteristic of a young girl
  • Equivalent
    immature    young   
    Cross Reference
    boyish    womanish   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    innocent    artless    immature    weak    childish    maidenish    girly    maidenly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    churlish   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    boyish    childlike    playful    wistful    innocent    womanly    ingenuous    joyous    exquisite    foolish