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Definition of Childishly
1. Adverb. In a childlike manner. "He acted very childishly"
Definition of Childishly
1. adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
Definition of Childishly
1. Adverb. In a childish manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Childishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Childishly
Literary usage of Childishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"She answer'd me So far from what she was, so childishly, An innocent. Txo Hot.
Eins*., iv, 1. So sillily, as if she were a fool. Again, if you be a cuckold, ..."
2. The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont: Minister by John Buchan Telfer (1885)
"... against his liberty—Removes to Brewer Street, Golden Square—childishly
annoyed—His extradition demanded— Warned to that effect by Louis XV. ..."
3. The Strange Career of the Chevalier D'Eon de Beaumont: Minister by John Buchan Telfer (1885)
"... liberty—Removes to Brewer Street, Golden Square—childishly annoyed—His
extradition demanded— Warned to that effect by Louis XV. ..."
4. Apparitions: An Essay, Explanatory of Old Facts and a New Theory. To which by Newton Crosland (1873)
"She vacantly stares at the pillar of flame offered for her guidance, and sceptically
calls it an ignis fatuus ; she childishly resigns one- half of her ..."
5. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"... n. the state of a child, infancy Childish, a. like n child, simple, trilling
childishly, ad. simply, ignorantly, weakly Childishness, n. simpleness ..."
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