adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a babyish manner; childishly.

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1860.  [Mrs. M. C. Harris], Rutledge, ii. 29. I felt rather babyishly about it.

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1884.  J. Goldsmith, Himself Again, iii. 29. He felt, almost babyishly, that she might take him and make him what she wished him to be.

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