Word: boyish
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...dramatists. As a critic he has many of the better attributes a knowledge of life and the theatre, a sense of humor, a touch of sentiment concerning the plays and players and an influential way of writing and talking. He is not too proud to have a boyish affection for what he calls the "glamour and delight" of Broadway, and he regards its shows and performances as an "endless adventure...
...heart detected, its action studied. It was in recognition of this device that the prize was awarded. Dr. Einthoven. genial 64-year-old Dutchman, is now visiting the U. S. He is sprightly, small, with a small grey beard, small grey mustache, wears in his countenance the alert and boyish shyness peculiar to men who have spent their lives probing into the physical mysteries of humanity. To a select company of surgeons in Manhattan he explained his invention...
...Puerile is here used as a synonym for boyish, which has been done to death in connection with the Prince by the daily press of the world...
...Brave, boyish Janet Rawley and her brutishly neurasthenic spouse, Jack, are about to plunge into African shrubbery on a safari for game and gold. Capt. James Antrim, of the King's African Rifles, splendid fellow that he is, cannot bear to see such ill-mated tenderfeet wandering loose among the lions, thirst and loneliness. He turns in his steamer ticket from Mombasa to England, takes command for and of the Rawleys, gets the safari past the usual vile German agent and as far as a highland camp, three weeks from nowhere. Here fever, whiskey, manslaughter, flies and love descend...
...finer mistress of golfing style in this country. Glenna, masculine of wrist, short of swing, comes next. Edith's game, while steady and dependable, is more loosely constructed than theirs, but she makes up the difference in temperament. Like brother Dexter, the intercollegiate champion, she is bursting with boyish energy and spirit. Her interests are not confined to golf alone...