schoolboyish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- schoolboyishly adverb
- schoolboyishness noun
Example Sentences
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He is a soft-spoken, gentle ruler, well mannered and with a schoolboyish eagerness to please.
From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2015
It is jolly hair, schoolboyish hair, hair that apparently refuses to be anything other than it is.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2014
The Gordon half of the duo, Gordon Waller, who had a deeper voice and more of a rock ’n’ roll attitude than the schoolboyish Mr. Asher, died two years ago.
From New York Times • May 6, 2011
Stevens now sees the fluctuating styles as the symbol of Williams's subtly distinct moods, moving as they did from disapproving, to intellectual, to schoolboyish or to outright furious.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2010
He threw up his hands with his final explosion and in an action of almost schoolboyish delight.
From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell
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