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Recent Examples of girlish
Molly, the brainchild of designer Kenny Wong, is a girlish character with emerald eyes and a permanent pout.
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Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Despite having been dead for a few hundred years now, Marie Antoinette remains one of the most enduring style icons in human history and Coppola's film feeds that insatiable fascination with a fresh, girlish vision of the tragic monarch.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
The presentation was a celebration of ethereal fabrics, and girlish elements: baby pink, gracefully adorned tulle pieces with floral print and 3D flower embellishments, reminiscent of a ballet performance.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
The best is the first, Christmas Past, represented by an ethereal, girlish creature who floats around gently, like dandelion fluff.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024
Despite having been dead for a few hundred years now, Marie Antoinette remains one of the most enduring style icons in human history and Coppola's film feeds that insatiable fascination with a fresh, girlish vision of the tragic monarch.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
The presentation was a celebration of ethereal fabrics, and girlish elements: baby pink, gracefully adorned tulle pieces with floral print and 3D flower embellishments, reminiscent of a ballet performance.
—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 26 Jan. 2024
The best is the first, Christmas Past, represented by an ethereal, girlish creature who floats around gently, like dandelion fluff.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for girlish
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While Hillary Clinton favored one of her signature pantsuits, Chelsea opted for an Oscar de la Renta design with feminine touches.Julia Teti, WWD, 14 Jan. 2025
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The men on the show didn’t always welcome the feminine material.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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On paper, with less than a minute left in the first half, this was no time for youthful recklessness.Michael Silver, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the 1970s, The Osmonds transitioned from youthful crooners to teenage heartthrobs with a knack for catchy, genre-spanning hits.Darryn King, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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My favorite was the dystopian one featured in the tour’s promotional, majestically capturing a Black, womanly otherworldliness concomitant with her performance.Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
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Her namesake designs reflect her penchant for luxurious fabrics and impeccable make, unexpected flourishes via volume or texture, and womanly silhouettes with a modernist touch.Miles Socha, WWD, 4 Sep. 2024
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Verse is one of the top players for a young Rams defensive front that is excelling in the post-Aaron Donald era.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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One young woman at the theater, who lives in Santa Monica, was evacuated and went to a friend’s house in the West Hollywood area before deciding to head over to see The Brutalist.Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Male and female worms grow and migrate inside the body.Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Kapadia, who made history as the first Indian female director to win the Cannes Grand Prix, also personally received nominations for the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories.Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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But the fanbases of those games are not buying it, and have undergone a campaign to embarrass Musk as much as possible about his claims, dragging him into childish internet fights.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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Editor’s picks Bad Bunny can’t help but revel in the childish joy of being back home, and the euphoric title track sums this feeling up.Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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Instead of going edgy, Michael Kors put the model in a super-girlie floral look from head to toe.Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 10 Sep. 2022
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The clients had asked that the space not be too girlie, and the wallcovering, a holdover from the suite’s life as guest quarters, worked as a neutral background.Alison Van Houten, WSJ, 21 July 2021
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Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.Chad de Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
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Though her infantile husband and his family treat Anora as a disposable plaything, Madison gives her a thrilling pugnacity — while at the same time locating the pathos of her emotionally bruising ordeal.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Girlish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girlish. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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