Modifies a noun

• charm: His smile suffused the man of mystery with a boyish charm.

• grin: He was 17 years older than she, with a boyish grin and hands hardened from the houses he built.

• enthusiasm: Each time his boyish enthusiasm transported his experiences back for us to share.

• look: Instead, perhaps charmed by his boyish good looks, the Company representatives picked him.

• face: I noticed it myself, " cried the young duke, pushing his boyish face into the inmost ring.

• figure: The resulting imagery is poignant too; the cover artwork shows a boyish figure dwarfed by the edge of an imposing forest.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: An almost boyish enthusiasm for some new discovery leaves what is being said in the poem unfocused.

• too: He's simply too boyish to conjure any sort of heroic authority.

• so: Winston, who has seemed so boyish recently suddenly seemed sleepy and old.

• very: Pointer from the Netherlands is another new European addition this season and it is very boyish indeed.

Used with adjective complement

• look: No-one has to ask me questions, like why I look so boyish, and don't I ever like wearing a dress?