boyfriendish
boyfriendish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a boyfriend.
Adjective
boyfriendish (comparative more boyfriendish, superlative most boyfriendish)
- Resembling or characteristic of a boyfriend.
- Nothing here that looks very boyfriendish.2004, Jerry H. Friedland, Deadly Personal
- To help her out, I try to put on a very sincere face, a very caring face, a boyfriendish sort of face.2007, Lisa Yee, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 2)
Examples of boyfriendish in a sentence
- So all I had to do was to be a nice boy and eat all that he served me and make sure not to act boyfriendish while he was around... and I would be safe.2011, Abhimanyu Jha, A Dilli - Mumbai Love Story:
- He was teasing me, not being flirty or boyfriendish.2014, Melissa Foster, Seaside Secrets (Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers, Book 4):
Forms of boyfriendish
| comparative | more boyfriendish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most boyfriendish |
| alternative form | boyfriend-ish |
Origin of boyfriendish
From boyfriend + -ish.
Questions about boyfriendish
- What does boyfriendish mean?
- Boyfriendish means resembling or characteristic of a boyfriend.
- How do you use boyfriendish in a sentence?
- So all I had to do was to be a nice boy and eat all that he served me and make sure not to act boyfriendish while he was around... and I would be safe.
- What part of speech is boyfriendish?
- Boyfriendish is an adjective.
Words near boyfriendish in the dictionary
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