Definition of "girlness" [girlness]

• A river, about 209 km (130 mi) long, of northwest Montana flowing south and east to the Missouri River.

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• "The struggles of a girl to rise above her girlness is a common trope in fantasy books--since it's a real-life issue that many girls still face today, alas, that's not surprising."
• "As a kid, I was a tomboy, and so spent most of my time ashamed of and denying my "girlness"."
• "“Those girls have such a strict code of mean girlness that I can only hope Aly can move away from all that when she goes to college.”"