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adultly

adultly adverb: in an adult manner; not childishly.

Adverb

adultly (comparative more adultly, superlative most adultly)

  1. In an adult manner; not childishly.
    • Can't we all sit down and discuss this adultly, without the childish name-calling?
    • Jerry smiled adultly, shook his head wisely and said softly, ‘That doesn’t matter.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 22

Forms of adultly

comparativemore adultly
superlativemost adultly

Origin of adultly

From adult + -ly.

Questions about adultly

What does adultly mean?
Adultly means in an adult manner; not childishly.
What part of speech is adultly?
Adultly is an adverb.

Words near adultly in the dictionary

  1. adultize
  2. adultized
  3. adultizes
  4. adultizing
  5. adultlike
  6. adultly
  7. adultnap
  8. adultnapped
  9. adultnapping
  10. adultnaps
  11. adultness

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