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boyishly

adv

Etymology

From boyish + -ly.

  1. derived from *bʰā-✻
  2. derived from *bō-✻ — “brother, close male relation”
  3. inherited from *bōjô✻ — “younger brother, young male relation”
  4. inherited from *bōjō✻
  5. inherited from *bōia✻ — “boy”
  6. inherited from boy//boye — “servant, commoner, knave, boy”
  7. suffixed as boyish — “boy + ish”
  8. formed as boyishly — “boyish + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a boyish manner.

    • A shock of white hair fell boyishly across the side of his face, a face as wrinkled as an elephant hide.

The neighborhood

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