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Definition of Childly
1. Adjective. Befitting a young child. "Childlike charm"
Definition of Childly
1. a. Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.
2. adv. Like a child.
Definition of Childly
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Childly
1. resembling a child [adj -LIER, -LIEST] - See also: child
Lexicographical Neighbors of Childly
Literary usage of Childly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"childly, in я child-like manner. В., L., and H. give the word us an adjective
... Then she smiled around right childly, then she gazed around right queenly. ..."
2. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1893)
"... besides two collections of the same childly lore, one of "English Fairy Tales,"
the other of "Celtic Fairy Tales," delightful books, to which the one ..."
3. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1892)
"... besides two collections of the same childly lore, one of " English Fairy
Tales," the other of "Celtic Fairy Tales," delightful books, to which the one ..."
4. Bibliography of the First Editions in Book Form of the Works of Alfred, Lord by Luther Samuel Livingston (1901)
"He must have written childly wont, and some one who did not understand what it
meant must have substituted chilly want as a probable cause of prayer ! ..."
5. The Benefit of Christ's Death by Aonio Paleario, Churchill Babington (1855)
"they taste how sweet the Lord is, and till faith work in them her effects, and
that they have so much childly love that it be sufficient to keep them in the ..."
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