girlfully

comparative more girlfully · superlative most girlfully

1. datedrareIn a girlish manner; like a girl.

   And the pictures so girlfully treated, / The sketches all brimming with fun: / See the Cupids that clamour for kisses — / Well drawn by a dear little maid

   1876, Joseph Ashby-Sterry, Boudoir Ballads, page 8

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   "[…] I want to pick raspberries," said Sweetheart, defending herself girlfully with a branch of bramble, which happily kept the assailant at arm's length.

   1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Sweetheart Travellers, page 208