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little-girlish

little-girlish adjective: like or characteristic of a little girl.

Adjective

little-girlish (comparative more little-girlish, superlative most little-girlish)

  1. Like or characteristic of a little girl.
    • She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281

Forms of little-girlish

comparativemore little-girlish
superlativemost little-girlish

Questions about little-girlish

What does little-girlish mean?
Little-girlish means like or characteristic of a little girl.
What part of speech is little-girlish?
Little-girlish is an adjective.

Words near little-girlish in the dictionary

  1. little-ease
  2. little-eases
  3. little-endian
  4. little-finger nail
  5. little-finger nails
  6. little-girlish
  7. little-go
  8. little-goes
  9. little-gos
  10. little-known
  11. Little-Master cup

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