babywise
babywise is the alternative form of baby-wise.
Meaning of baby-wise
Adverb
baby-wise (comparative more baby-wise, superlative most baby-wise)
- In the manner of a baby.
- Slowly his huge and inarticulate fist traveled to his eye, and stayed there baby-wise. / The young men of today do not cry. They turn Syndicalist instead; dimly conscious in the darkness of the wall that stands between them and the largesse of life that they feel to be their right, and flinging...1913, Alfred Ollivant, “The Faithful Servant”, in The Independent, volume 75
- As one would a baby.
- She clutched it in great haste, wrapped her apron about it, and carrying it baby-wise, ran fleetly off, casting apprehensive glances over her shoulder.1885, Mary Noailles Murfree, The prophet of the Great Smoky mountains, by Charles Egbert Craddock, page 108
Forms of babywise
| comparative | more babywise |
|---|---|
| superlative | most babywise |
Questions about babywise
- What is babywise the alternative form of?
- Babywise is the alternative form of baby-wise.
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