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So, in girlish romance and sudden resolution, the little maids sealed a compact which was never broken, and began a friendship which lasted and grew in beauty and strength all through their lives.

Our Little Canadian Cousin 1904

I hardly knew whether she would refuse it, or burst out crying – in girlish fashion.

John Halifax, Gentleman 1897

It was a relief to her, to leave that sunny little island where she had been for her holiday in girlish days; a relief to go among strange mountains, where, - as in the calm world to come, - there should be "no more sea;" where she could not daily behold those restless waves; whose vain change of light and shade, of storm and fair weather, gave her back incessantly one single picture, of the yacht by moonlight, with David Stuart clasping her in his arms, while the heavy brig was passing which had nearly run them down.

Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times 1851

It also tends to look dainty and girlish, which is perhaps why Cheryl kept asking Cristian during practice why he looked so feminine.

Tonya Plank: Where Were The Hips?!: Dancing With the Stars Week 5 2008

And Father would call it girlish nonsense, especially when nothing at all happens afterward.

Firehorse Diane Lee Wilson 2006

Marie Laurencin concerns herself chiefly with the idea of girlish youth, young girls gazing toward each other with fans spread or folded, and fine braids of hair tied gently with pale cerise or pale blue ribbon, and a pearl-like hush of quietude hovers over them.

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley

His features were cast in a delicate mold, pretty enough almost to be called girlish, yet with a firm squareness of chin distinctly masculine.

The Girl in the Golden Atom Ray Cummings 1922

She's hardly even what you'd call "girlish": she's no-nonsense, logical and plain-speaking.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

I can vividly recall her girlish squeals of delight over having met the band back in the 70s, her walls covered with album covers and posters, and how she listened to them endlessly.

DaGoddess.com 2008

Being emotional or caring too much about clothes or liking to dance are reasons that boys give for describing someone as "girlish," she says.

Young adults 'don't want to be defined by gender, orientation' 2009