tomboylike

English

Etymology

tomboy +‎ -like

Adjective

tomboylike (comparative more tomboylike, superlative most tomboylike)

1. Like a tomboy; tomboyish.
   • 1993, Kenneth Levin, Unconscious fantasy in psychotherapy:

     Evelyn spoke of having been her father's favorite as a child, of Father's appreciating her competence, energy, and tomboylike feistiness...

   • 2007 July 3, Anthony Tommasini, “Beverly Sills, All-American Diva, Is Dead at 78”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     And few singers matched her deadpan comic timing and physical nimbleness in lighter roles like Rosina in Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia,” whom Ms. Sills portrayed as a ditsy yet determined young woman, and Marie, the tomboylike heroine raised by a military regiment in Donizetti’s “Fille du Régiment.”