Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.
1 They had all accompanied his travels, and boylike he valued them immensely.
2 Harvey, boylike , was a little embarrassed, but he did not object, however.
3 He was confused and, boylike , tried to laugh off my praises.
4 But, boylike , they were flying kites, and letting their huge-horned charges herd themselves.
5 At times she had a boylike unconcern of sex; again, a spirit wholly feminine.
6 So, boylike , I resolved, in my great love for Shakoona, to try and kill that bear.
7 He seemed curiously boylike in those moments.
8 They chuckled, boylike , because they would be late for bed; and it was all mother Wendy's fault!
9 There was a naturalness in his enjoyment which was almost boylike ; a naive sort of exultation possessed him.
10 She had liked the young doctor at first sight; had discerned in him something charmingly boylike and appealing.
11 He looked at me, eyes boylike .
12 Next, distending his ruddy cheeks, twitching his moustache, and regarding me covertly out of boylike eyes, the Lieutenant resumed:
13 I stared at him, boylike .
14 I cried, and added boylike : "And she is just as good as you or me, and better."
15 Lollie, poking about, came upon a piece of rope, which, boylike , he took outside and wound about his waist.
16 I followed in boylike imitation, searching every thicket for alien form and color, and yearning for stature and responsibility.
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