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