Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a childish manner; like a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
childish manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a childlike manner
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word childishly.
Examples
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
He had watched us walk on the moon, and yet remain childishly embroiled in a pitiful and pointless series of military conflicts from which there would emerge no winners.
Thomas Steinbeck: John Steinbeck, Michael Moore, and the Burgeoning Role of Planetary Patriotism Thomas Steinbeck 2010
-
A deep poignancy in his voice made the expression childishly inadequate.
The Film Mystery 1908
-
How did Americans ever allow one man so blithely and callously and "childishly" wreck this nation?
-
I feel like I'm supposed to have read some Jane Austen at some point, but I haven't, and I won't, and I've kind of childishly dug in my heels about it.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.