schoolgirlish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- schoolgirlishly adverb
- schoolgirlishness noun
Example Sentences
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Rangy and schoolgirlish in a black top, kelly green varsity jacket, plaid pleated skirt, Nike sneakers and Marc Jacobs nylon bag, Tsai’s wholesomeness belied her self-assuredness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2018
And if there was something rather excessive — even, to my mind, schoolgirlish — about her attachment to her young servant, it was perhaps only a late and pathetic extension of the maternal instinct.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2017
James has in recent months been downright schoolgirlish in his public declarations of ardor.
From Salon • May 5, 2011
Infatuation with a mysterious newcomer makes her faintly schoolgirlish.
From Time Magazine Archive
He could remember no other unusual conversation with her, no strange behavior, no meaningful looks or sulks to suggest that her schoolgirlish passion had lasted beyond that day in June.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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