little-girlish

English

Adjective

little-girlish (comparative more little-girlish, superlative most little-girlish)

  1. Like or characteristic of a little girl.
    • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281:
      She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.
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