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Definition of Schoolgirlish
1. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of a young girl. "A dress too schoolgirlish for office wear"
Definition of Schoolgirlish
1. Adjective. Resembling a schoolgirl in behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Schoolgirlish
Literary usage of Schoolgirlish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"She had a very schoolgirlish appearance. She had on a thick jacket, which seemed
to lessen her height ; and an old-fashioned Quaker- like bonnet, ..."
2. Dramatic Opinions and Essays, with an Apology: With an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"... Junior" is a flimsy, almost schoolgirlish, work, redeemed by the happy notion
of the Fuegian marriage, which proves fertile in funny complications, ..."
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