Adjective

(en adjective)

Like a tomboy; tomboyish.

* 1993 , Kenneth Levin, Unconscious fantasy in psychotherapy

Evelyn spoke of having been her father's favorite as a child, of Father's appreciating her competence, energy, and tomboylike feistiness...

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 3, author=Anthony Tommasini, title=Beverly Sills, All-American Diva, Is Dead at 78, work=New York Times citation

, passage=And few singers matched her deadpan comic timing and physical nimbleness in lighter roles like Rosina in Rossini’s “Barbiere di Siviglia,” whom Ms. Sills portrayed as a ditsy yet determined young woman, and Marie, the tomboylike heroine raised by a military regiment in Donizetti’s “Fille du Régiment.” }}