variants
or girly
1
: girlish
2
usually girlie
: featuring scantily clothed women
girlie magazines
girlie show
Examples of girlie in a Sentence
She likes to wear girlie pink dresses.
Recent Examples on the Web
Lavin said Lukas loved to fish, so there will be a fishing dock in his honor, Genevieve was a girly girl and the boss of her brothers, Ben was artsy, and Archer was athletic.
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
The girly style is all grown up.
—Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Toughen Up a Feminine Plaid Dress Loewe’s shiny plaid dress feels girly, but less so when it’s anchored by heavy extras like combat boots and a leather bomber.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Stanley x Barbie collection — released in honor of the doll’s 65th anniversary — was also girly, blingy, and (yes) pink-powered to the max.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
Its surface shimmers with a girlie patina of iridescent pink and turns stacks of abacus beads into bangle bracelets.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The look is both exuberantly girly and unapologetically provocative—a cousin of the capital-R romantic trend known as coquettecore, but a lot cheekier.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
In so doing, Pratt became a rallying voice, and Montag’s songs a soundtrack for resilience, solidarity, and pop-girlie superstrength.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
Simone Rocha has been making walkable city-friendly, concert-friendly girly footwear fashionable for a minute now, and the world is finally ready.
—Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
The girly style is all grown up.
—Nina Derwin, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2025
Toughen Up a Feminine Plaid Dress Loewe’s shiny plaid dress feels girly, but less so when it’s anchored by heavy extras like combat boots and a leather bomber.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2025
Stanley x Barbie collection — released in honor of the doll’s 65th anniversary — was also girly, blingy, and (yes) pink-powered to the max.
—Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 6 Mar. 2025
Its surface shimmers with a girlie patina of iridescent pink and turns stacks of abacus beads into bangle bracelets.
—Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The look is both exuberantly girly and unapologetically provocative—a cousin of the capital-R romantic trend known as coquettecore, but a lot cheekier.
—Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2025
In so doing, Pratt became a rallying voice, and Montag’s songs a soundtrack for resilience, solidarity, and pop-girlie superstrength.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Girlie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/girlie. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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