boyfriend-ish in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more boyfriend-ish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most boyfriend-ish",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Carol Shenold, Privy to Murder",
          "text": "She sounded so forlorn I knew something boyfriend-ish had happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency and the Prince",
          "text": "“Although she knows I adore her,” he added, giving me a boyfriend-ish squeeze.",
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        "Alternative spelling of boyfriendish."
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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more boyfriend-ish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most boyfriend-ish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "head": "boyfriend-ish"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "boyfriendish"
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        "English multiword terms",
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          "ref": "2007, Carol Shenold, Privy to Murder",
          "text": "She sounded so forlorn I knew something boyfriend-ish had happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency and the Prince",
          "text": "“Although she knows I adore her,” he added, giving me a boyfriend-ish squeeze.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative spelling of boyfriendish."
      ],
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  "word": "boyfriend-ish"
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"boyfriend-ish" meaning in English

Adjective