schoolboyishly

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adverb

In a schoolboyish way.

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Meanings

adverbschoolboyishly (comparative more schoolboyishly, superlative most schoolboyishly)

comparative more schoolboyishly · superlative most schoolboyishly

  1. In a schoolboyish way.

    Hari Singh laughed schoolboyishly through the nest of beard.

    1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 109

Origin

From schoolboyish + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

schoolboyishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboyishly

MLA

“schoolboyishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboyishly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolboyishly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolboyishly.

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