schoolboyish

Other forms: schoolboyishly

Definitions of schoolboyish
  1. adjective
    befitting or characteristic of a young boy
    “schoolboyish pranks”
    synonyms: boyish, boylike
    immature, young
    (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
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