Boyish and Female

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Boyish adjective - Befitting or characteristic of a young boy.

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Female is an antonym for boyish.

Nearby Words: boy, boyishness, boyishly

Female adjective - Of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with women.

Usage example: female standards of housekeeping imposed by the women at the vacation cottage weren't especially popular with the men

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Boyish is an antonym for female.

Tetsuo of Yuureitou is a trans man with a female body that is lusted after by people who either see him as a boyish Bifauxnen, a gorgeous Bishōnen or something in between.

Source: Everybody Wants the Hermaphrodite
In the Circle of Magic series, Daja, the most tom-boyish of the three main female characters is eventually revealed to be gay.

Source: Butch Lesbian
The goofy, boyish voice Kenshin is meant to have the rest of the time drifts between believable and obviously female.

Source: Larynx Dissonance

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