coltish
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One of the youngsters was a coltish winger from Carmagnola, a pretty market town just south of Turin.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2023
The requirements of intimacy acting aside, she brings coltish physicality and expressive flush to all her scenes — whether lonely or laughing, aggravated or emboldened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2022
And those girls are indeed a light: Sidney and Singleton show giggly chemistry as sisters and coltish joy on the tennis courts.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
But the Met orchestra sounded warm and alive, if a little uncharacteristically coltish at times, eager but a little sloppy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2019
She can get away with a little impertinence, with coltish liberties.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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