adultly
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a word derived from
adult.
adultnouna person who is fully grown or developed or of age.
Example Sentences
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Miss Hellman's portraits, without being unsympathetic, are adultly uncompromising.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The child Monona was seated upon a book and a cushion, so that her little triangle of nose rose adultly above her plate.
From Miss Lulu Bett by Zona Gale
The beguiling scope of an infant's mind! adultly considered limited to toys and toes.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda