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schoolgirly

schoolgirly adjective: schoolgirlish.

Adjective

schoolgirly (comparative more schoolgirly, superlative most schoolgirly)

  1. (informal) schoolgirlish
    • Mrs. Wilbur's paper was earnest, enthusiastic, a trifle schoolgirly in its sounding periods. It caused much more discussion than poor Flaubert.1898, Robert Herrick, The Gospel of Freedom, page 115
    • It was good writing; astringent, economical. I now saw that Dawn O'Hara was sentimental and schoolgirly. This second piece of writing had a completely different attack. It was as though two distinct people had written these two pieces of fiction.1960, Edna Ferber, A Peculiar Treasure: Autobiography, page 163

Forms of schoolgirly

comparativemore schoolgirly
superlativemost schoolgirly

Origin of schoolgirly

From schoolgirl + -y.

Questions about schoolgirly

What does schoolgirly mean?
Schoolgirly means schoolgirlish.
What part of speech is schoolgirly?
Schoolgirly is an adjective.

Words near schoolgirly in the dictionary

  1. schoolgirlish
  2. schoolgirlishly
  3. schoolgirlishness
  4. schoolgirlism
  5. schoolgirls
  6. schoolgirly
  7. schoolgoer
  8. schoolgoers
  9. schoolgoing
  10. schoolground
  11. schoolgrounds

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