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Childishly is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Childishly in a sentence

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Childishly | Childish | Childishness

Childishly meaning

In a childish manner.

Using Childishly

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a childish manner.
  • In the example corpus, childishly often appears in combinations such as: are childishly, childishly and.

Context around Childishly

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

acting 1× administration 1×

Often after:

obsessed 1× unable 1× naive 1× appropriative 1×

Sentence patterns with Childishly

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

acts so childishly that torvald 1× day are childishly naive 1× harmless and childishly obsessed with 1× s acting childishly 1× staging were childishly appropriative of 1× to still childishly and rather 1× trump administration childishly and recklessly 1× you are childishly unable to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and for anyone 1× for tornado her 1× most are harmless 1× she dances so 1× the lyrics were 1× with seemingly no 1×

Common sentence endings:

are childishly naive 1× be no answer 1× evening coaching her 1× is it unrealistic 1× lot of clucking 1× s acting childishly 1×

Words around Childishly

Just before it in the word index:

childish 200 childhoods 54 childhood 3.132 childfree 3 childersburg 3 childers 50

Just after it in the word index:

childishness 8 childless 132 childlessness 9 childlike 101 childline 31 childminder 16

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abcon 12 abdelhamid 12 abdelkader 12

Corpus analysis for Childishly

  • In this selection, "childishly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, acting, administration, obsessed, unable and naive stand out and add context to how "childishly" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include acts so childishly that torvald and day are childishly naive. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "childishly" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with childishly

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Most are harmless and childishly obsessed with cartoon anthroporphism. (9 words)

For Tornado, her appearance often reverts when she's acting childishly. (11 words)

Only if you are childishly unable to control yourself is it “unrealistic”. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

And for anyone to still childishly and rather bizarrely argue that President Mnangagwa isn't the legitimate President of Zimbabwe is tantamount to whistling through a graveyard, there shall be no answer. (32 words)

The lyrics were inane, the video and staging were childishly appropriative of Japanese culture, and the chorus contained a lot of clucking. (22 words)

And those who hope or wait for the Secession to lay down their arms one day are childishly naive. (19 words)

Example sentences (8)

For Tornado, her appearance often reverts when she's acting childishly.

Most are harmless and childishly obsessed with cartoon anthroporphism.

Only if you are childishly unable to control yourself is it “unrealistic”.

And for anyone to still childishly and rather bizarrely argue that President Mnangagwa isn't the legitimate President of Zimbabwe is tantamount to whistling through a graveyard, there shall be no answer.

And those who hope or wait for the Secession to lay down their arms one day are childishly naive.

With seemingly no consideration of Americans’ lives, the Trump administration childishly and recklessly continues to hold the nation hostage.

The lyrics were inane, the video and staging were childishly appropriative of Japanese culture, and the chorus contained a lot of clucking.

She dances so badly and acts so childishly that Torvald agrees to spend the whole evening coaching her.

Common combinations with childishly

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "childishly" in a sentence?
An example: "For Tornado, her appearance often reverts when she's acting childishly." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "childishly" from authentic English texts.
What does "childishly" mean?
Childishly means: In a childish manner.
How many example sentences with "childishly" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "childishly", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.