childishly
3
3.9
- adverb
- /ˈtʃaɪldɪʃli/
:
infantilmente
- "Isn't this just ace!" She gazed around Vivienne's palatial room like Alice in Wonderland, childishly delighted by so much splendor.
- behave childishly
- childishly naive
- childishly simple
You know, it was almost like, you know, almost almost childish, childishly jubilant in that kind of sense.
- You know, it was almost like, you know, almost almost childish, childishly jubilant in that kind of sense.
- It seems like childishly simple, right?
- The rounded behinds and childishly smooth legs in both sexes are remarkably pretty, Elizabeth wrote in her draft for The New Yorker.
Examples
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No longer shy, she is friendly in a childishly naive and utterly disarming way.
Academic text (1992) -
I can't believe how childishly you're behaving.
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I wish I lived in a world as childishly simple as yours.
Blog text (4) -
It was childishly simple to fly.
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It was made childishly easy for you.
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He can be so childishly sentimental sometimes.
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Thomas is introduced as an upbeat, mild-tempered, almost childishly playful father and husband.
Blog text (8) -
Now, I must say, for somebody who's so clever and so accomplished in so many ways you are behaving rather selfishly and childishly.
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He can be so childishly sentimental sometimes.
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No longer shy, she is friendly in a childishly naive and utterly disarming way.
Synonyms
13
4.4
In a way that shows little experience and too much trust
2
5.9
In a way that looks or acts like a young boy
1
4.0
In a childish way that shows poor control of feelings, actions, or thinking
1
5.8
In a way that shows innocence or shyness like a young child
1
6.4
In a silly, foolish way like a clown
To act in a childish way
In a childish way, like a child wanting attention
Antonyms
How Immature
3
3.9
1
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Childishly comes from the base child plus the endings -ish and -ly, where -ish means 'like' and -ly makes it 'in a ... way'. So childishly means to act 'like a child', often in an immature or naive way.