baby-wise
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9.9
Like a baby, with gentle, helpless movements
- adverb
:
como un bebé
- He navigated the crowd baby-wise, taking small, hesitant steps like a child learning to walk.
Examples
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The puppy explored the backyard in a baby-wise manner, sniffing everything with innocent wonder.
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She approached the painting with a baby-wise curiosity, marveling at the colors and shapes.
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We just figured you had more than you could handle baby-wise.
Synonyms
babyishly
vsbaby-wise
5.6
In a childish way, like a child wanting attention
is a neutral way of acting like an infant without negative judgement
How Baby-Like
Surface Forms
baby-wise positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word baby-wise comes from baby and the ending -wise, where -wise means 'in the way of', like in clockwise or likewise. So baby-wise means 'like a baby' or 'in the manner of a baby', and we use it when someone or something looks or acts like a baby.