Boyly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a boy; boyish. rare

    "I thought I really liked Lucas, but maybe not. Is it possible to like two boys at once, a manly boy and a boyly man? Lucas is more man than boy. Stephen is more boy than man."

Example

More examples

"I thought I really liked Lucas, but maybe not. Is it possible to like two boys at once, a manly boy and a boyly man? Lucas is more man than boy. Stephen is more boy than man."

Etymology

From boy + -ly.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.