Meanings
adjectiveschoolboyish (comparative more schoolboyish, superlative most schoolboyish)
comparative more schoolboyish · superlative most schoolboyish
- Resembling a schoolboy in behaviour.
‘I know you think it schoolboyish, but there is a man behind me and a man before, I am part of a chain, a link.’
1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1119
Synonyms & antonyms
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