0 used to describe behaviour or characteristics that are like those of a boy:
1 like a boy:
She found his boyish good looks very attractive.
Everything happened externally, in the always-already of a boyish throat.
Such comments evoke more familiar anxieties over the 'boyish' flapper or 'masculine' women's fashions.
There was something of a boyish avidity in all he did, and yet also something of a man's wisdom in all he said.
The charming boyish look of the person under reference is intensified by this stylistic device.
Reviews suggest her versatility, that she was able to convey both the pathos and the boyish energy of the character.
It seemed from their boyish countenances that they did not know what drunkenness was.
He then had fervour and evangelical oratory to support his case, but this afternoon he was only indulging in a boyish prank.
All they are indulging in this afternoon is a boyish prank.
