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immaturely

/ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/

immaturely adverb: giving an appearance of immaturity; childishly.

Adverb

immaturely (comparative more immaturely, superlative most immaturely)

  1. Giving an appearance of immaturity; childishly.
    • They may be approaching 40, but after three beers they are behaving as immaturely as any teenager.
  2. Without having attained maturity.
    • […] birds which are hatched immaturely and fly immediately after leaving the nest.1972, Frank B. McMahon, Psychology: Perspectives on the Hybrid Science, page 165

Antonyms of immaturely

Forms of immaturely

comparativemore immaturely
superlativemost immaturely

Origin of immaturely

From immature + -ly.

Questions about immaturely

What does immaturely mean?
Immaturely means giving an appearance of immaturity; childishly.
What part of speech is immaturely?
Immaturely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce immaturely?
Immaturely is pronounced /ɪməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/.

Words near immaturely in the dictionary

  1. immatriculate
  2. immatriculation
  3. immature
  4. immature dependent
  5. immatured
  6. immaturely
  7. immatureness
  8. immaturer
  9. immatures
  10. immaturest
  11. immaturities

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