She sounded rather gauche, schoolgirlish, she realized. From Wordnik.com. [A Hopeless Romantic] Reference
Her cheeks flamed remembering her schoolgirlish outburst. From Wordnik.com. [Not Once But Twice]
It would never do to appear schoolgirlish beside Melanie's poised self. From Wordnik.com. [Great Dresses in Mediocre Literature (a continuing series) - A Dress A Day] Reference
The schoolgirlish giggling was hardly an effective response to Davies' criticisms. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Duncan Wins the Newsnight Battle with Quentin Davies] Reference
She was still rather gawky and schoolgirlish in her manner, half shy, half brusque. From Wordnik.com. [Kangaroo] Reference
The wonder and zest of the first often decline into a schoolgirlish gushiness in the second. From Wordnik.com. [The Knack] Reference
He's a handsome man, no doubt, but Alice doesn't typically get schoolgirlish around handsome men. From Wordnik.com. [Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)] Reference
IC This time his vo 'must have carried, for she stuck her tongue out at him in a schoolgirlish gesture. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Youw writing reflects to me the schoolgirlish autograph friendships like the way we wrote when we were 17 or 18. From Wordnik.com. [That Tightrope] Reference
Not the Catholic kitsch of bleeding statues and luminous moon-rings that captivate her foolish schoolgirlish heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Sighting: James Wolcott] Reference
Irritating silly schoolgirlish giggling from the "journalists" while they were leading Vince Cable into their trap. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Cable: From Saint Vince to Mr Bean | Editorial] Reference
Stina: Black, white, and grey plaid skirt, very schoolgirlish, fairly short but not so short as to be horribly immodest, just flirty. From Wordnik.com. [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference
"More than anything else, I wanted to see the world," she told him enthusiastically, then realised how schoolgirlish that must sound. From Wordnik.com. [Consultant Care]
She looked up and found herself thrown into a schoolgirlish flustered state as she recognised the man from outside the Connaught, the one with the red rose. From Wordnik.com. [Final Resting Place of The Pen] Reference
It's time to drop these schoolgirlish ways, my dear. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories] Reference
Are you fearfully shocked at my being so schoolgirlish, Mamma?. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Visits America] Reference
Will they reassess their schoolgirlish infatuation with the Illinois senator?. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph Blogs] Reference
Trite and laboured and schoolgirlish enough those epistles seemed to their writer. From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
Then, with the swift thought: "Oh, that's schoolgirlish!" she contrived a little smile. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond] Reference
When she walked into the room, I let out this schoolgirlish scream of "ahhh" and Meryl went "ahhh". From Wordnik.com. [BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content] Reference
Megan was a tall awkward girl, and although she was actu-ally twenty, she looked more like a schoolgirlish sixteen. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Finger]
All the absurd fastidiousness of her schoolgirlish provinciality emerged in that eager, affected torrent of remarks. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Biskind has spoken to Kael's friend Richard Albarino to elicit the view that she had a schoolgirlish crush on Toback. From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"And I was looking for a very different sort of man," I retorted, feeling idiotically schoolgirlish, and sillier every minute. From Wordnik.com. [Set in Silver] Reference
"After all, it was a very schoolgirlish thing to do," she remarked, sticking in hair-pins as well as she could without a mirror. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular Schoolgirl] Reference
She remembered how she had written home enthusiastic, schoolgirlish letters about the handsome man who sat across the dining table from her. From Wordnik.com. [The Island of Faith] Reference
I’m no expert at accents but you certainly sounded schoolgirlish, hesitant, and totally adorable. From Wordnik.com. [thanks!] Reference
Angela uses Stephen as an “anodyne against boredom“, allowing her “a few rather schoolgirlish kisses”. From Wordnik.com. [These unnatural cravings of your unbalanced mind and undisciplined body « Jahsonic] Reference
The smile turned shy, almost schoolgirlish. From Wordnik.com. [The Shattered Blue Line] Reference
Ms. Barish still has a schoolgirlish quality. From Wordnik.com. [The Women Over 50 I'd Really Like To ���] Reference
I believe I’m not schoolgirlish generally, and he is so simple and kind. From Wordnik.com. [On the Eve] Reference
(Insert schoolgirlish squeal of delight here.). From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
## Irritating schoolgirlish giggling...puts me off the Telegraph. From Wordnik.com. [Dr Cable: From Saint Vince to Mr Bean | Editorial] Reference
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