adv. [f. BABISH a. + -LY2.] In the manner of a babe or infant.
a. 1603. T. Cartwright, Confut. Rhem. N. T. (1618), 147. Childishly and babishly deluded.
1625. Ussher, Answ. Jesuit, 493. Our Challenger … will hardly find one Father … that ever spake so babishly herein.
