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childly

/tʃaɪldli/ adverb · British & US

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What does childly mean?

adverb

In a childlike manner; in a way that is characteristic of a child.

Example

"She spoke childly, with a sense of wonder and curiosity."

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Etymologically related

child childhood childlike childish

Synonyms for childly

childishly infantilely juvenilely youthfully innocently naively

Antonyms of childly

maturely sophistically adultly

Rhymes with childly

child wild build exiled