| 释义 |
adultly, adv.|ˈædʌltlɪ, əˈdʌltlɪ|
[f. adult a. + -ly2.]
In a manner indicative of adultness; in adult fashion.
1957New Yorker 19 Jan. 24/3 We noticed a responsible-looking man and two small, adultly dressed boys studiously proceeding from work to work. 1958Spectator 22 Aug. 246/2 A few little girls seemed adultly surprised at the yaws-stricken children photographed on the UNICEF stand. 1969R. Wollheim Family Romance 177 If only I could think like my father, adultly. 1973M. Amis Rachel Papers 32 Rachel arrived in a group of four—what looked like a random car-load—but stayed alone by the door, arms folded adultly. |