babishly

English

Etymology

From babish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

babishly (comparative more babishly, superlative most babishly)

1. In a babyish manner; childishly.
   • 1848, John Whitgift, John Ayre, Works of Archbishop Whitgift, page 12:

     Is not this a proper kind of reasoning? is this the reverence due to the scriptures, thus babishly to abuse them?

Anagrams

• shabbily