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childly, a. and adv.|ˈtʃaɪldlɪ|
[OE. cildlíc, f. cild, child + lic, -ly; cf. manly, kingly. Often used in 19th c. literature, after having been obsolete since 16th c.]
A. adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or natural to a child or childhood; childish.
c890K. ælfred Bæda iv. viii. (Bosw.) For ðære cildlican yldo. c1369Chaucer Dethe Blaunche 1095 After my yong childely wit. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. 119, I thought me past al chyldly ygnoraunce. 1581Marbeck Bk. of Notes 464 Because of their childlie age. 1818Todd, Childly..Not in use. 1827Hare Guesses, Their childly brains are bewildered. 1843Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes, Mart. St. Christina, Beautiful-wingèd childly shapes. 1851Westcott Introd. Study Gosp. vi. (ed. 5) 338 A perfect plan with childly simplicity. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 181 A childly way with children.
†2. Becoming or proper to a child (as related to parent); filial. Hence childly fear.
a1400Cov. Myst. ix. Mary in Temple, A childely fer in dede, With a longyng love in oure Lorde. 1548R. Hutten Sum Divinitie G iv b, This faieth also maketh dyfference betwene seruile feare and childelye feare. a1555Latimer Serm. 24th Sunday aft. Trin. II. 207 [To] stir up a childly love in our hearts towards him. 1563Nowell Hom. Just. of God in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1847) 496 Chyldelie and reverent feare to his maiestie. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. xlviii. 285 Ought wee not to yield him childely obedience?
B. adv. In a childish or childlike manner.
c1449Pecock Repr. i. xii. 65 [They] glorien full veinli and ful childli and lewdeli in tho iij. textis. 1483Cath. Angl. 63 Childely, pueriliter. 18..Mrs. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship xvii, Then she smiled around right childly. |