boyfriendish

English

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Etymology

From boyfriend + -ish.

Adjective

boyfriendish (comparative more boyfriendish, superlative most boyfriendish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a boyfriend.
    • 2004, Jerry H. Friedland, Deadly Personal:
      Nothing here that looks very boyfriendish.
    • 2007, Lisa Yee, Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 2):
      To help her out, I try to put on a very sincere face, a very caring face, a boyfriendish sort of face.
    • 2011, Abhimanyu Jha, A Dilli - Mumbai Love Story:
      So all I had to do was to be a nice boy and eat all that he served me and make sure not to act boyfriendish while he was around... and I would be safe.
    • 2014, Melissa Foster, Seaside Secrets (Love in Bloom: Seaside Summers, Book 4):
      He was teasing me, not being flirty or boyfriendish.

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