Tag: Adverb Puerilely

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Word of the Day – Puerile

  • Adjective: Puerile
  • Adverb: Puerilely
  • Noun: Puerility
    1. silly or childish especially in a way that shows a lack of seriousness or good judgment
    2. childishly silly and trivial
  •  Synonyms:
    1. childish
    2. immature
    3. infantile
    4. juvenile
    5. babyish
  • Usage:
    1. “It is thus that, athwart the cloud which formed about him, when all his hopes were extinguished one after the other, M. Mabeuf remained rather puerilely, but profoundly serene.”
  • Encountered:
    1.  While reading Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

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