Explore Girlish through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like young or immature. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Girlish in a sentence
Girlish meaning
- Like (that of) a girl; feminine.
- Of or relating to girlhood.
Using Girlish
- The main meaning on this page is: Like (that of) a girl; feminine. | Of or relating to girlhood.
- Useful related words include: schoolgirlish, young, immature.
- In the example corpus, girlish often appears in combinations such as: feel girlish, that girlish.
Context around Girlish
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Girlish
- In this selection, "girlish" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, feel, extremely, hairdo, beef and filter stand out and add context to how "girlish" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and extremely girlish and boy feel girlish it should. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "girlish" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with girlish
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Sometimes, but not that girlish beef. (6 words)
If estrogen makes a boy feel girlish, it should certainly make a girl feel girlish. (15 words)
Answer: by casting two teen idols in lead roles and making said idols look especially young and extremely girlish. (19 words)
Her mother shut down the triggering idea straight away when Knowles excitedly announced it to her and that’s when she started to emulate her older sister Becky’s behavior, who was more girlish and skeptical growing up. (38 words)
Her double handguns are part and parcel with the costume, not to mention that girlish hairdo that was both cute and put villains in a false sense of security. (29 words)
She wears black-rimmed glasses and a baby-blue one-piece bathing suit, which, sadly, stays on her girlish bodyuntil her date with destiny. (24 words)
Example sentences (8)
If estrogen makes a boy feel girlish, it should certainly make a girl feel girlish.
Her mother shut down the triggering idea straight away when Knowles excitedly announced it to her and that’s when she started to emulate her older sister Becky’s behavior, who was more girlish and skeptical growing up.
Her double handguns are part and parcel with the costume, not to mention that girlish hairdo that was both cute and put villains in a false sense of security.
Sometimes, but not that girlish beef.
And, as was the case in with the depiction of the mother, the girlish, filter-free Jenny proves a major asset.
Answer: by casting two teen idols in lead roles and making said idols look especially young and extremely girlish.
Now, she smiled easily and in Southern California fashion, tended to punctuate sentences with a girlish giggle, even when no joke was uttered.
She wears black-rimmed glasses and a baby-blue one-piece bathing suit, which, sadly, stays on her girlish bodyuntil her date with destiny.
Common combinations with girlish
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: