"girly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɝli/ [General-American], /ˈɡɜːli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: girlier [comparative], girliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li Etymology: girl + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|girl|y}} girl + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} girly (comparative girlier, superlative girliest)
  1. Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine. Translations (characteristic of a stereotypical girl): ina (Esperanto), tyttömäinen (Finnish), féminin (French), κοριτσίστικος (koritsístikos) (Greek), 女の子っぽい (onnanokoppoi) (Japanese), meitenīgs (Latvian), babski (Polish), девча́чий (devčáčij) (Russian), dievčenský (Slovak), tjejig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-girly-en-adj--xCYVBLw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 1 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 20 39 2 39 Disambiguation of 'characteristic of a stereotypical girl': 97 2 1
  2. (slang, idiomatic) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-girly-en-adj-wcXRQtNq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 1 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 20 39 2 39
  3. (slang) Weak; wussy. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-girly-en-adj-oSvdpD2L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (applied to a boy or man): effeminate, unmanly Synonyms (applied to a girl or woman): feminine, girlish, puellile, puelline, womanly Derived forms: girly bits, girly girl, girly mag, girly magazine, girly man, girlyman, girly push-up
Disambiguation of 'applied to a boy or man': 41 43 16 Disambiguation of 'applied to a girl or woman': 45 51 4

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡɝli/ [General-American], /ˈɡɜːli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: girlies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li Etymology: girl + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|girl|y}} girl + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} girly (plural girlies)
  1. (childish) Girl. Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-girly-en-noun-TgdnRaN8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 41 1 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 20 39 2 39

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -y",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)li",
    "Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)li/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "girl",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "girl + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "girl + -y",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "girlies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "girly (plural girlies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English childish terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Girl."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "Girl",
          "girl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(childish) Girl."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɝli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɜːli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)li"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girly.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girly.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/23/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girly.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-girly.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "girly"
}

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