Meaning

2 senses
  1. Like a stereotypical boy in appearance or demeanor.

    People disliked his boyish and juvenile behaviour.

    Her boyish figure belied her femininity.

  2. Relating to a boy, or occurring in boyhood.

    jungenhaft, knabenhaft

    мальчи́шескийmalʹčíšeskij

More definitions
  • befitting or characteristic of a young boy

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He still has a boyish face.

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  2. That girl looks boyish.

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  3. This girl looks boyish.

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  4. Hairdos can be long and feminine, short and boyish or fringed for a lion’s mane.

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  5. I saw his dark face lit up with a boyish enthusiasm as he gazed about him.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
like a boy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
like a boy:

Forms

more boyish, most boyish
Comparativemore boyish Lesson
Superlativemost boyish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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