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girlishly

adv

Etymology

From girlish + -ly.

  1. inherited from *gurilā✻
  2. inherited from *gyrele✻
  3. inherited from gerle
  4. suffixed as girlish — “girl + ish”
  5. formed as girlishly — “girlish + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a girlish manner.

    • "What's worse, I suppose I girlishly trilled all this to him, and too often. […]"

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