boylike
Example Sentences
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Its lure is the image of girls kicking ass, being boylike.
From Time Magazine Archive
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While almost everything was novel and strange to them, they were most interested in the heavy dog-whips, and, boylike, must try their hands in wielding them.
From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin
They sprinted up to the rapidly increasing crowd, and wriggled, boylike, past obstructing arms and between tense bodies until they found themselves in the inner line of the circle.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
That maltreated pillow was so funny and boylike.
From I've Married Marjorie by Margaret Widdemer
In the meantime, Emmet, boylike, had been keeping his eye open for anything in the shape of game and held his gun in readiness to bring it into immediate play.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Dennis Collins