youthfully
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3.1
- adverb
- /ˈjuːθfəlɪ/
:
juvenilmente
- She approached the challenge with a youthfully energetic spirit that inspired everyone around her.
Examples
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Nowhere is this more evident than on the youthfully anthemic reggae-rock tune, "Drink Professionally."
Blog text (24) -
"I remembered what that had been like when I had been so youthfully adoring around Stephen—probably boring him quickly.
Fiction book (1990) -
Be inspired, live life youthfully, and keep moving!
Blog text (1) -
While schools may seem only to be a random or youthfully chosen target, there is a real force behind their specific signaling out.
Academic text (2014) -
If they live youthfully to the age of three hundred years, childhood, death, family, and love will be experienced quite differently by them than they are by us.
Academic text (2003) -
A youthfully upscale place, a converted red-brick warehouse.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dancing on sidewalks and in the streets, the earthbound daredevil's style is grounded and youthfully sexual.
Academic text (2012) -
No preaching parents, no exams, no papers due, no demanding circumstances except the ones that you, the two of you, you lovely, youthfully mature things, would choose for yourselves.
Fiction book (1991) -
I think part of that is being youthfully optimistic that the idea of 1% wanting to control the planet couldn't possibly be so, and then after the years have burnt that optimism away, we're all left with the realization that, yes, the tiny percent does want the rest of us poor.
Blog text (26) -
The description of their dark bodies against the blue sea parallels numerous instances in this book in which Arabs or Orientals are portrayed moving elegantly, effortlessly, youthfully, and beautifully through their environment.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
1
5.1
In a lively and energetic way that shows excitement
To behave like a teenager, often immature or excited
In a lively, cheerful way that shows confidence
Antonyms
How Youthful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Youthfully comes from the word youth ('young'), which is the same root as young. So, to act youthfully is to behave like a young person, full of energy, enthusiasm, and fresh ideas.