Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: boyish
IPA transcription: [b'ɔɪɪʃ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: boyish, boylike, schoolboyish
    Meaning: befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks"
Usage examples
  • "What is his name?" Again the boyish, eager voice.
  • "Or took fire from their warmth," put in a boyish looking soldier.
  • To our boyish feelings (to mine especially) there was no ignominy like it, while it lasted.
  • He was completely but somewhat incongruously dressed, and his open, boyish face looked abashed.
  • His hat was on the back of his head, his eyes shining, his whole face aglow with boyish mischief.
  • He stared straight at the occupants of the car, and, after he had passed them, sang in his clear, boyish voice:
  • Whenever, as boys, we committed some boyish fault, he never displayed outwardly any irritation--he simply altered his manner towards us altogether.
  • It was winter time, and Teddy was back at school, full of health and spirits, yet, through all his boyish mirth, the loss of his button was never forgotten.
  • We know this, because he has covered all with the glamour of his rich, boyish imagination that failed to perceive the cruel mockery of such selfish pageantry.
  • This boyish desire led him deeper into the wood than it was wise for him to go alone, for it was near nightfall, and wild creatures haunted the forest in those days.