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infantly

infantly adjective: like an infant; childlike.

Adjective

infantly (comparative more infantly, superlative most infantly)

  1. (obsolete) Like an infant; childlike.
    • He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.1616–1618, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Queene of Corinth”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647...

Forms of infantly

comparativemore infantly
superlativemost infantly

Origin of infantly

From infant + -ly.

Questions about infantly

What does infantly mean?
Infantly means like an infant; childlike.
What part of speech is infantly?
Infantly is an adjective.

Words near infantly in the dictionary

  1. infantize
  2. infantized
  3. infantizes
  4. infantizing
  5. infantlike
  6. infantly
  7. infantocracies
  8. infantocracy
  9. infantometer
  10. infantometers
  11. infantophile

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