She was girlishly shy. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : girlish laughter. From Dictionary.com.
She giggled girlishly and pressed her cheek to mine. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers In The Attic]
Then she laughed, not as girlishly as she might have. From Wordnik.com. [Kalooki Nights] Reference
Mrs. Hilliard skipped girlishly in the woodland path. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
(His face crumples, he turns and runs away girlishly). From Wordnik.com. [Tucker Bounds Unbound: Nell Scovell] Reference
For the first time Dor saw Irene girlishly flustered. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Policy] Reference
One of them waved girlishly at someone across the room. From Wordnik.com. [Half of Paradise] Reference
She giggled girlishly, without the sneer ever changing. From Wordnik.com. [Oathblood]
The Contessa laughed again and shook her head girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
I slid down, all wet and relieved and girlishly grateful. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
Bianca is extremely girlishly gremlin-like in this get-up. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the boot off] Reference
How girlishly reserved, even in the expression of her love!. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by Foreign Authors: Italian] Reference
Benthann grinned, more girlishly than Cerryl had ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
Would he think that she dressed too brightly or too girlishly?. From Wordnik.com. [Unforgiven]
Despite the giggles, none of them acted silly or too girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [Aerie]
My own dark hair would have curled girlishly if allowed to grow. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
She wrinkled her nose girlishly and simpered, looking very silly. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
It would be cute, if-and-only-if, you were about 19 and girlishly slender. From Wordnik.com. [While You Wait - A Dress A Day] Reference
She hoisted herself up onto the surprised guy's lap and giggled girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth]
The group reflexively laughs again, even Cindy, who waves John off girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
But while I nibble at leg and breast girlishly, Koffmann is preoccupied elsewhere. From Wordnik.com. [Pierre Koffmann: 'Not enough British chefs cook from the heart'] Reference
Miss Carr was always excited, and always fluttering, and always giggling girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference
Tanisha giggled girlishly, which was a surprise because she was not the giggly type. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Next you are going to tell us you walk around girlishly gigggling all the time now. From Wordnik.com. ["I look up, waiting for my friend, the one infused with love. There she is. See the tip of her blond head?"] Reference
MOOS: A few debates later, he's whispering sweet nothings and she's laughing girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2008] Reference
And with that sentence, she suddenly sounded as girlishly domestic as any of my sisters. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
In her new and lovely clothes she was very pretty, very witty, almost girlishly charming. From Wordnik.com. [The Gay Cockade] Reference
He wore fine-woven plaids and linens and, like all his kind, his hands were girlishly tended. From Wordnik.com. [The Skrayling Tree]
Amanda, girlishly thirsty for knowledge, was not certain she was learning anything new at all. From Wordnik.com. [Another Roadside Attraction]
"Oooh, that's fun!" she cried, letting go just long enough to clap her hands together girlishly. From Wordnik.com. [The Source of Magic]
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