Set of qualities, characteristics or roles traditionally associated with maleness.
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His irrepressible boyishness refused to accept it in all its moral gloom.
2
And, despite her fears Keeko smiled at the boyishness of it all.
3
Then the boyishness pent up within him came bursting out once more.
4
His quick face darkened suddenly, and all the boyishness vanished from it.
5
The quality which chiefly drew people to him was his extreme boyishness.
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And that touch of boyishness almost broke down her reserve of strength.
7
Cheniston's face had lost all its boyishness; it looked haggard, unhappy, old.
8
His letters were full of his usual simplicity, brightness, boyishness, and enthusiasm.
9
The sporting element in the contest appealed to his undying boyishness.
10
Something of the appealing boyishness had gone out of his eyes.
11
There was a sort of boyishness in this speech, that was rather touching.
12
Perhaps her hesitation hung on the very boyishness of his proposal.
13
What charmed and surprised her in her mate was his tenderness and boyishness.
14
He leaned over toward Brokaw, and the boyishness had gone from his face.
15
It was haggard and drawn and ghastly, but even then its boyishness remained.
16
The alert, vigorous boyishness that had been so characteristic was gone.
