Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
schoolgirl in behaviour.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective befitting or characteristic of a young girl
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rachael, heartily ashamed of what she would have termed her schoolgirlish display of emotion, came slowly to herself, dozed over a magazine, plunged into a cold bath, and at four o'clock dressed herself exquisitely for Mrs. Whittaker's informal dinner.
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The answer came in the form of a shy, pleased schoolgirlish smile.
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Irritating silly schoolgirlish giggling from the "journalists" while they were leading Vince Cable into their trap.
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Irritating silly schoolgirlish giggling from the "journalists" while they were leading Vince Cable into their trap.
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She looked up and found herself thrown into a schoolgirlish flustered state as she recognised the man from outside the Connaught, the one with the red rose.
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The answer came in the form of a shy, pleased schoolgirlish smile.
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The answer came in the form of a shy, pleased schoolgirlish smile.
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The answer came in the form of a shy, pleased schoolgirlish smile.
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In a strange schoolgirlish way, I was under the impression that elite university dons would teach me how to be a legal $$$ criminal on the level of greenmailers and the like.
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Not the Catholic kitsch of bleeding statues and luminous moon-rings that captivate her foolish schoolgirlish heart.
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