Definition of "boyish" []

• Characteristic of or befitting a boy: boyish charm. (adjective)

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• "_not_ chew gum, but she whistled, and the teachers who reproved her most for what they called a boyish trick, always listened intently, when the clear, musical notes, now soft and low, now loud and shrill, were heard outside, or in the building."
• "Snyder, by contrast, beams at us with a certain boyish glee."
• "It was a record David would acknowledge in boyish, self-effacing fashion; sometimes proffering a calling card that identified him as a former chief storekeeper and a retired SEAL with the nickname"