babyishly
- a word derived from baby.
Example Sentences
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Her father, she tells us, is easy to write about; he was vivid, domineering, scornful, and babyishly quick to anger.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
"You will, won't you, beautiful?" she said, her lips, raw-looking now without makeup, pouting babyishly.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
I can't remember ever hearing Maud talk babyishly.
From The Girls and I A Veracious History by Molesworth, Mrs.
Yet I found it impossible to be angry with them for long, they were so babyishly innocent.
From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John
The blackness of their setting of up-curled lashes made them look babyishly wide.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
