boyishly
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5.9
- adverb
- /ˈbɔɪɪʃli/
:
como un niño
- In a moment, I went from boyishly sniveling to nearly laughing.
- boyishly handsome
- smile boyishly
- boyishly enthusiastic
Examples
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The subject of the photo is an American named John Pym, still in his twenties, boyishly handsome, the freckled hero of a dozen war movies.
Fiction book (1997) -
" Now his smile turned rueful, and, of course, so boyishly appealing.
Fiction book (1994) -
In his big new office, Yamashita grinned boyishly.
Fiction book (2000) -
And just then, leaning over beside her in freshman composition, he had been boyishly vulnerable.
Fiction book (1999) -
Though he was past thirty, it remained boyishly thin and silky on his upper cheeks.
Fiction book (1992) -
He nods toward Warren, who grins boyishly, the string dangling below his chin.
Fiction book (1994) -
In a green army sweater, his curly hair tousled by the wind, his eyes boyishly playful through the rimless glasses, he was no longer a shabby Israeli out of place in Paris.
Fiction book (1993) -
The hair is gray and ever thinning, but the eyes are as boyishly blue as ever.
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And the way Stewart tells the story, Michael Swango is smart and charming, sort of boyishly handsome.
Synonyms
3
3.9
Act in a silly, immature way like a young person
How Boyish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Boyishly comes from the simple word boy plus the ending -ish meaning 'like' and -ly meaning 'in a way'. So boyishly means 'in a way like a boy', for example in appearance, manner, or behaviour.