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How to use girlie in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, adjective

Girlie means a magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women. Example: “When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them.”

Examples of girlie by meaning

nounA magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women.

  • When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them.

nounA woman or person with feminine traits.

  • Near-synonyms: girlie girl, girly girl
  • the girlies are fighting

adjectiveOf entertainment, involving attractive women or images thereof, usually nude or wearing skimpy clothing.

  • And the way that the word "lesbian" translates into Japanese, it means "women who perform sexual acts together in girlie shows." So when we defined ourselves as lesbians, there was snickering among the women.1979 December 1, Jil Clark, Holly Near, “Holly Near Sings for a Nuclear-Free Future”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 9

adjectiveCharacteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, sweet; unmasculine.

  • He said he wasn't paying good money for girlie hair — that's what he called it anytime we wanted to go into town to have a real haircut.2005, Victoria Pade, Tales From Elk Creek, page 76

More sentences with girlie

  • It takes more than a picture in a girlie magazine for me to get off.From the entry get off
  • The nostalgic look mixed with its soft design have the girlies in a chokehold!2024 October 8, Megan Uy, Tarah-Lynn Saint-Elien, “65+ Fall Prime Day Fashion Deals Your Closet Is Begging You to Shop”, in Cosmopolitan…. From the entry chokehold
  • "Thought you'd seen the last of me, dincha, girlie?" Clay Larsson leered down at Shane and me.2001, Jenny Carroll, Code Name Cassandra. From the entry dincha
  • And all the girlies say, I’m pretty fly for a white guy.1998, “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”performed by The Offspring. From the entry fly
  • Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV.1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach). From the entry messiah
  • The Forever21 of Korean makeup, Etude House is geared toward the girliest of girls – and Japanese tourists.2017 July 12, Frances Cha, “Complete Korean cosmetics shopping guide”, in CNN. From the entry girly
  • This is why a rugged, outdoorsy, lumberjack guy can find, and gain, interest from a glamorama, dolled up, girlie girl.2015, Tiffany Johnson, Find Your Happily Ever After. From the entry glamorama
  • They're applied a few inches above your actual girlie bits, and the airbrush-and-stencil "vat" washes away after a week.2010 September 9, Jenny Everett, “Forget Vagazzling: Here Comes the Vattoo!”, in Self.com, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2023. From the entry vattoo
  • Nobody fools around with Joe Blakes, girlie.1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page. From the entry joe blake
  • My girlie group chat was readily available with an arsenal of them when I called upon the roundtable for their boyfriends' offending habits.2023 June 1, Maddy Mussen, “Beige flags: have we reached peak 'flag' fatigue?”, in Evening Standard, London: Evening Standard Ltd., →ISSN…. From the entry beige flag
  • On top of having girl grip (yk what I mean girlies.. 8 things in your hands at once 🤣) I have upgraded to BARTENDER GRIP.2023 December 12, @killinsocietyy_, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2024. From the entry girl grip
  • A couple of girlie goths walked out of the toilet, all mascara, fish-nets and northern accents, looking even sillier in this extremely ungothic boozer.1988, Robert Elms, In search of the crack. From the entry ungothic
  • All right then, step up ladies, step up gentlemen, give him a little shove if he’s a namby or a pamby, girlies.1960, Herbert Gold, “The tunnel of love”, in Therefore Be Bold: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 246. From the entry pamby
  • Where Lulu was a bit girlier and took more delight in gossip, Tea claims to be more focused on safety, but they general gist is similar.2025 July 25, Lindsey Ellefson, “I Knew the Viral 'Tea' App Was Trouble, but I Didn't Expect a Data Breach”, in Lifehacker. From the entry girly
  • From headcanoning him, kicking his legs, and blushing at a compliment to wearing cat ears, Ghost’s menacing persona is being accepted as a cute little quirk to the girlies.2022 November 30, Rachel Choi, “The babygirlification of Ghost in COD is threatening the incels”, in The Berkeley Beacon. From the entry headcanon
  • Just as girlie magazines have just enough words to convolutedly justify their “magazine” status, Fox News has just enough information to convolutedly justify its “news” status.2005, Alexandra Kitty, Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. From the entry convolutedly
  • You will see a housecleaning pretty soon, girlie, and some of our old favorites will be sucked into the vacuum cleaner and dumped in the ashpit of oblivium.1924 February 12, “Minerva’s Mail: Take Your Troubles to Minerva”, in The Lincoln Star, Lincoln, Neb., page five, column 3. From the entry oblivium
  • Oh, and while you’re scrolling through these Amazon finds, be sure to give these TikTok girlies and theydies mentioned a follow to keep up with more epic plus-size fashion hauls.2023 February 27, Alexis Gaskin, “TikTok Fashion Influencers Are Obsessed With These Plus-Size Clothing Finds at Amazon”, in Stylecaster…. From the entry theydy

Meaning of girlie

  1. noun A magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women.
  2. noun A young girl.
  3. noun A woman or person with feminine traits.

Full definition of girlie

Questions about girlie in a sentence

How do you use girlie in a sentence?
Girlie is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “When Grandma came to visit, the boy hid the girlies in his dresser so she wouldn't see them.”
What is a short sentence with girlie?
“the girlies are fighting”
What does girlie mean?
Girlie means a magazine targeting an adult male audience and containing nude or seminude photographs of women.

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