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girly

adjectifnomadverbeattesté dans les dialogues

  • États-Unis//ˈɡɝli//
  • Australie//ˈɡɜːli//
  • Nouvelle-Zélande//ˈɡøːli//
  • Écosse//ˈɡɪɾle//
  • //ɡeːli//

Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

    As a mom of two girls – including one who hopes Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos calls her to play on his team in this week’s Super Bowl – I can totally relate. I, along with so many other parents, am frustrated about the definitions of what’s girly and what’s not, and the separate products and clothing offered to girls and boys.

    The Forever21 of Korean makeup, Etude House is geared toward the girliest of girls – and Japanese tourists.

    Where Lulu was a bit girlier and took more delight in gossip, Tea claims to be more focused on safety, but they general gist is similar.

  2. 2

    argotOf, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.

    a girly calendar

  3. 3

    argotWeak; wussy.

    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.

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English girly From girl + -y (adjectival sufix).

nom

  1. 1

    A girl.

    “Hey girly!” Chiles said. “What’s up!” / “Oh my gosh,” Raisman said. “How did you get in our hotel room?”

Étymologie

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *gaurā Proto-West Germanic *-ilā Proto-West Germanic *gurilā Old English *gyrele? Middle English girle English girl Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English girly From girl + -y (diminutive suffix).

adverbe

  1. 1

    rareIn the manner of a girl.

    And its^([sic]) not just the blue nail polish. It’s the way his mind is attuned. He is incredibly in touch and in tune with females. Females surround him in his company. His partner in Jersey Films is Stacey Scherr.^([sic]) He can talk about boyfriends. He can talk girly.

    ‘He really cares about you,’ Slider said awkwardly. Doing the old bosom-baring on your own behalf was bad enough, but having to talk girly about a male friend was as easy as eating a sand sandwich.

    Your boobs are too small. AND YOU DON’T TALK GIRLY ENOUGH!

    Just a half hour earlier, I had checked in by text with Eric. “Hey, Sugarbuns. Remember, I’m at Dag’s. Going to talk girly and drown my sorrow in mojitos.”

Étymologie

From girl + -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective.

Formes

pluriel
girlies
comparatif
girlier
superlatif
girliest
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).