girlish
Doris was so overcome with girlishness she actually giggled.
What sets her apart is her girlishness and her maturity mixed in one.
Ms. Stritch has always retained an odd air of girlishness.

Examples of girlishness

girlishness
But she also has a lightness, an airiness, a girlishness and a certain degree of social innocence.
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It almost seemed doubtful if she heard and understood all the simple girlishness in her niece's rhapsody, so preoccupied she seemed with her own thoughts.
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All girlishness was gone out of her voice.
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He looked into her face, moved by the girlishness and appeal about the red, wistful mouth and the dark, brimming eyes.
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It seemed to deepen the color of her hair and at the same time to give a touch of girlishness to her figure.
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The smooth, delicate girlishness of her young face was, as yet, untroubled.
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The sweetness and girlishness now stood aside in the presence of a somber and haunting tragedy that was real.
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The proud yet touching air, the exquisite girlishness, the arch, appealing, pretty manners--all disturbed him with a feeling that verged on jealousy.
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Her eyes are gentle, and about her face and form is the indefinable touch of ever-present girlishness, never to fade, even in the woman-grown.
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He oughtn't to be interested in my girlishness now.
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He remembered the sweet girlishness of her face, the freshness of it which was like the freshness of a garden in the early morning.
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There was youth and girlishness in her off-hand manner of making this remark.
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It was a responsive face, hinting of large emotions rather easily excited but as yet latent, for the girlishness was still in it.
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She saw that many women, with the best intentions, make a mistake of carrying too much girlishness into womanhood.
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