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schoolgirlishly

schoolgirlishly adverb: in a schoolgirlish fashion.

Adverb

schoolgirlishly (comparative more schoolgirlishly, superlative most schoolgirlishly)

  1. In a schoolgirlish fashion.
    • Then she ran, schoolgirlishly, to join her friends.1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 55

Forms of schoolgirlishly

comparativemore schoolgirlishly
superlativemost schoolgirlishly

Origin of schoolgirlishly

From schoolgirlish + -ly.

Questions about schoolgirlishly

What does schoolgirlishly mean?
Schoolgirlishly means in a schoolgirlish fashion.
What part of speech is schoolgirlishly?
Schoolgirlishly is an adverb.

Words near schoolgirlishly in the dictionary

  1. schoolgirldom
  2. schoolgirled
  3. schoolgirlhood
  4. schoolgirling
  5. schoolgirlish
  6. schoolgirlishly
  7. schoolgirlishness
  8. schoolgirlism
  9. schoolgirls
  10. schoolgirly
  11. schoolgoer

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