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boyish

 adjective
     
boy‧ish
someone who is boyish looks or behaves like a boy in a way that is attractive [↪ girlish]:
boyish good looks
At 45, she still had a trim boyish figure.
—boyishly adverb:
boyishly handsome
—boyishness noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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