little-girlish in English

Forms: more little-girlish [comparative], most little-girlish [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-adj}} little-girlish (comparative more little-girlish, superlative most little-girlish)

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      "form": "more little-girlish",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281",
          "text": "She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like or characteristic of a little girl."
      ],
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  "word": "little-girlish"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more little-girlish",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most little-girlish",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "little-girlish (comparative more little-girlish, superlative most little-girlish)",
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 281",
          "text": "She lisped slightly, little-girlish, looking at him still while drinking whisky steadily from a full glass.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Like or characteristic of a little girl."
      ]
    }
  ],
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"little-girlish" meaning in English

Adjective