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Definition of girlish adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

girlish

adjective

/ˈɡɜːlɪʃ/

/ˈɡɜːrlɪʃ/

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like a girl; of a girl
- a girlish giggle
- a girlish figure
- His face was delicate, almost girlish.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Girlish is used with these nouns:
delight
giggle
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