puerilely
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpjʊə.ɹaɪl.li/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpjʊɹaɪl.li/, /ˈpjʊɹɪl.(l)i/
Adverb edit
puerilely (comparative more puerilely, superlative most puerilely)
- In a puerile manner; childishly.
- 2007 October 21, Lee Siegel, “Mom’s in the Freezer”, in New York Times[1]:
- If you find the idea that mothers shape their children’s “whole” lives original rather than simultaneously banal and puerilely overstated, then Barnes & Noble, here you come!