tomboyishly

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adverb

In a tomboyish way.

OriginEnglish tomboyish ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia →
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Meanings

adverbtomboyishly (comparative more tomboyishly, superlative most tomboyishly)

comparative more tomboyishly · superlative most tomboyishly

  1. In a tomboyish way.

Origin

  1. Aramaicתאמא
  2. Aramaicתאומא (təʾōmā)
  3. Ancient GreekΘωμᾶς (Thōmâs)
  4. LatinThōmās
  5. Middle EnglishThomas
  6. Middle EnglishThomme
  7. EnglishTom
  8. Englishtom
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  10. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  12. Old English*bōia
  13. Middle Englishboye
  14. Englishboy
  15. Englishtomboy
  16. Englishtomboyish
  17. Englishtomboyishly

From tomboyish + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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