adv
In a babyish manner; childishly.
adj
(military slang, condescending) In extremely simplified language.
adj
Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
n
A bland, banal, unoriginal person; a humorless bourgeois.
adj
(rare) Of, or characteristic of a bystander.
adj
Somewhat like a cavalier.
adj
Alternative spelling of cliquey [Having the characteristics of a clique.]
n
The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom.
adj
Lively, playful and undisciplined (often in a manner judged to be immature).
adv
Alternative form of coxcombically [(obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb]
n
The condition of being dinky.
adj
Characteristic of a (university) don.
n
The state of being a fogey.
adj
Characteristic of a fogy
n
Alternative form of good-time Charlie [An affable or happy-go-lucky carefree convivial man.]
adv
In a naive or immature manner.
adj
Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous.
adv
In a hipsterish manner; in a (often pretentiously) trendy fashion.
n
The condition of being a huckster; hucksterish behavior.
adv
Giving an appearance of immaturity.
adv
In an infantile manner; childishly.
adj
Demonstrating childlike simplicity.
adj
Alternative form of nicey-nicey [(informal) Nice, especially in an impotent or insincere fashion.]
adj
Of persons or their behaviour: marked by or reflective of undesirably limited interests, sympathies, or views; begrudging, selfish, small-minded; also, preoccupied with subjects having little or no importance and not mindful of broader concerns.
adv
In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
adj
(usually derogatory) Very feminine or dressy.
adv
In a puerile manner; childishly.
n
A person who behaves in a conflicting or contradictory manner.
n
Someone resembling Don Quixote; someone who is chivalrous but unrealistic; an idealist.
n
Obsolete form of rustic. [A (sometimes unsophisticated) person from a rural area.]
adv
In a schoolboyish way.
adv
(quite rare) In a schoolish manner.
n
Obsolete form of tartlet. [A small tart (pastry).]
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