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unboyish

unboyish adjective: not boyish.

Adjective

unboyish (comparative more unboyish, superlative most unboyish)

  1. Not boyish.
    • The emerald-green bathing suit pulled taut across boyish hips and decidedly unboyish breasts, the wet material leaving little to the imagination[…]2009, Day Leclaire, The Billionaire's Baby Negotiation
    • Everybody knew that had he properly exerted his abilities he was capable of beating almost any boy; so, to quiet his conscience, he professed to ridicule diligence as an unboyish piece of muffishness, and was never slow to sneer at the "grinders," as he contemptuously called all those who laid...2021, Frederic W. Farrar, Eric, or Little by Little

Forms of unboyish

comparativemore unboyish
superlativemost unboyish

Origin of unboyish

From un- + boyish.

Words formed from unboyish

Questions about unboyish

What does unboyish mean?
Unboyish means not boyish.
What part of speech is unboyish?
Unboyish is an adjective.

Words near unboyish in the dictionary

  1. unboycotted
  2. unboyed
  3. unboyfriend
  4. unboyfriends
  5. unboying
  6. unboyish
  7. unboyishly
  8. unboylike
  9. unboys
  10. unbra'd
  11. unbrace

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