girlish
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She does succeed in bringing an oddly girlish quality to her performance, but it grows monotonous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"I had girlish manners, a girlish voice," he would later say.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
She could be sweet, evil, overbearing, put-upon, thoughtful, impulsive, girlish, vulnerable or manipulative and superimpose selected qualities for extra complexity, always with a compressed energy, obvious or veiled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
Often, Bannon will toss the mic, virtually, to his 23-year-old co-host Natalie Winters, a blond Californian who has a side business selling a girlish right-wing clothing line.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2024
No matter how exciting the spectacle before her, nor how novel to her girlish eyes, she turned away instantly if the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of metallic movement.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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