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boyishly

boyishly adverb: in a boyish manner.

Adverb

boyishly (comparative more boyishly, superlative most boyishly)

  1. In a boyish manner.
    • A shock of white hair fell boyishly across the side of his face, a face as wrinkled as an elephant hide.1981 April 15, Ira Berkow, “DRAMA IN 'STENGELESE: YOU CAN LOOK IT UP”, in The New York Times

boyishly meaning in Bengali

boyishly in Bengali

বালকসুলভ ভাবে

Forms of boyishly

comparativemore boyishly
superlativemost boyishly

Origin of boyishly

From boyish + -ly.

Questions about boyishly

What does boyishly mean?
Boyishly means in a boyish manner.
What is boyishly in Bengali?
Boyishly in Bengali is বালকসুলভ ভাবে. See Boyishly meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is boyishly?
Boyishly is an adverb.

Words near boyishly in the dictionary

  1. boying
  2. boying off
  3. Boyington
  4. Boyingtons
  5. boyish
  6. boyishly
  7. boyishness
  8. boyishnesses
  9. boyism
  10. boyisms
  11. boyitis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boyishly (page history and authors); boyishly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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