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girlish
What does girlish mean?
girlish (adjective): befitting or characteristic of a young girl.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use girlish in a sentence?
- Her girlish complexion belied the fact that she was over forty. (Tatoeba sentence #309413 by CM, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce girlish?
/ˈɡɝlɪʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does girlish come from?
From girl + -ish.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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of fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal
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based in scientific and industrial progress
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openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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befitting or characteristic of a young girl
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