Definition of Childishly

1. Adverb. In a childlike manner. "He acted very childishly"

Partainyms: Childish

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

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Definition of Childishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Childishly

childfree
childhood
childhood absence epilepsy
childhood disintegrative disorder
childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms
childhood muscular dystrophy
childhood schizophrenia
childhood tuberculosis
childhood type tuberculosis
childhoodless
childhoodlike
childhoods
childie
childing
childish
childishly
childishness
childishnesses
childism
childless
childlessly
childlessness
childlessnesses
childlier
childliest
childlike
childlikeness
childlikenesses
childliness

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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