adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a babyish manner; childishly.
1860. [Mrs. M. C. Harris], Rutledge, ii. 29. I felt rather babyishly about it.
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.