childish
adjective
of, like, or befitting a child.
childishly
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a word derived from
childish.
Example Sentences
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As they goad each other, they act pettily and childishly but is also great fun to watch the superb actors go toe-to-toe.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
Certainly, Harden, 34, has childishly forced his way out of Houston and Brooklyn and now Philadelphia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Is it childishly fiddling, whilst digging this ditch?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
Molly Novak, the heroine of the new Apple TV+ series “Loot,” is a tech gazillionaire’s soon-to-be-ex wife who is kind and funny and, as played by Rudolph, childishly delighted by her lavish lifestyle.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
So childishly and illogically did he now reason; so much had he become like the ordinary people.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
