"girly" meaning in English

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
      "word": "butch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
      "word": "mannish"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
      "word": "masculine"
    },
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
      "word": "tomboyish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a girl or woman”",
      "word": "unwomanly"
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of “applied to a boy or man”",
      "word": "manly"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly bits"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly girl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly mag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly magazine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly man"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girlyman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "girly push-up"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "girl",
        "3": "y"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From girl + -y.",
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    {
      "form": "girlier",
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    },
    {
      "form": "girliest",
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        "Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine."
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          "girl",
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          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
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          "gentle",
          "gentle"
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          "unmasculine",
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "ina"
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          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "tyttömäinen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "féminin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "koritsístikos",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "κοριτσίστικος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "onnanokoppoi",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "女の子っぽい"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "meitenīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "babski"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "devčáčij",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "девча́чий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "dievčenský"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 2 1",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
          "word": "tjejig"
        }
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        {
          "text": "a girly calendar",
          "type": "example"
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        "Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad."
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        "(slang, idiomatic) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "ref": "2013, L. A. Campbell, Cartboy and the Time Capsule, page 112:",
          "text": "There was enough food for a soccer team and we were going to grill it. Our meatfest included no girly utensils, no wussy plates. Just our hands, mouths, and incisors.",
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        "Weak; wussy."
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          "wussy"
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        "(slang) Weak; wussy."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɝli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɜːli/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    {
      "_dis1": "45 51 4",
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "feminine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 51 4",
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "girlish"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 51 4",
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "puellile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 51 4",
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "puelline"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "45 51 4",
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "womanly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "41 43 16",
      "sense": "applied to a boy or man",
      "word": "effeminate"
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      "_dis1": "41 43 16",
      "sense": "applied to a boy or man",
      "word": "unmanly"
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  "word": "girly"
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  "etymology_text": "From girl + -y.",
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    {
      "form": "girlies",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "Girl."
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        "(childish) Girl."
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      "word": "butch"
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      "word": "hoyden"
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      "word": "tomboyish"
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      "word": "girly bits"
    },
    {
      "word": "girly girl"
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    {
      "word": "girly mag"
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    {
      "word": "girly magazine"
    },
    {
      "word": "girly man"
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    {
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    {
      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
      "word": "puellile"
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      "sense": "applied to a girl or woman",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "ina"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "tyttömäinen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "féminin"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "koritsístikos",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "κοριτσίστικος"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onnanokoppoi",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "女の子っぽい"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "meitenīgs"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "babski"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "devčáčij",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "девча́чий"
    },
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "dievčenský"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "characteristic of a stereotypical girl",
      "word": "tjejig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "girly"
}

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    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "girl",
        "3": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "girl + -y",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From girl + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "girlies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "girly (plural girlies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "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"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɝli/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɜːli/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)li"
    }
  ],
  "word": "girly"
}