Resembling or characteristic of a girl; girlish or having qualities associated with girls in a particular dialect or informal usage.
Formed from 'girl' with the common English adjectival suffix '-y' or '-ly,' this word appears in dialectal English and historical texts describing girlish qualities or behavior.
The way we add '-y' to nouns to make adjectives ('grumpy' from 'grump,' 'dreamy' from 'dream') is one of English's most productive and creative word-formation patterns!
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