girlish (gerlish)

[ Drayton, Legend of Matilda. The shape suited her age; it was girlish , light, and pliant. Charlotte Brontë , Shirley, vi. 2. Pertaining to the youth of a woman. In her girlish age she kept sheep on the moor. Carew. girlishly (ger'lish-li), adv. In a girlish manner. girlishne (ger'lish-nes), n. The state or quality of being girlish; the disposition or manners of a girl.