childly

American  

[chahyld-lee] / ˈtʃaɪld li /

adjective

1. Rare. childlike; childish.

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Etymology

Origin of childly

First recorded before 900; child, + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

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childly

Let fogs not blind thee, Thou spirit childly!

From The Angel of Death by August W. Almqvist

Faith small, world strong; but this evening something like grasping after "the childly life beyond."

From A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England by Eliza Southall

When in the midst of nature nursed, Sweet influences fell, On childly hearts that were athirst, Like soft dews in the bell Of tender flowers, that bowed their heads, And breathed a fresher smell.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Robert Turnbull

I took it away and wiped her face, which looked at me so childly, so elfish, so willful, and so tenderly, that I took it between my hands and kissed it.

From The Morgesons by Elizabeth Stoddard

God have pity on his gentle, childly heart, howsoever it be.”

From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt