girlfullyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

副詞

girlfully (comparative more girlfully, superlative most girlfully)

1. (rare, dated) In a girlish manner; like a girl.
   • 1876, Joseph Ashby-Sterry, Boudoir Ballads (page 8)

     And the pictures so girlfully treated, / The sketches all brimming with fun: / See the Cupids that clamour for kisses — / Well drawn by a dear little maid

   • 1895, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Sweetheart Travellers (page 208)

     " […] I want to pick raspberries," said Sweetheart, defending herself girlfully with a branch of bramble, which happily kept the assailant at arm's length.