Babyishly definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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He was fairly tall, but he was fresh-complexioned and sandy (his skin was pink to scarlet in some weathers, with blotches of umber), and his eyes were pale-grey; his big forehead loomed babyishly, his arms were short, and his legs bowed to the saddle.

—Joe Wilson and His Mates

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He was fairly tall, but he was fresh-complexioned and sandy (his skin was pink to scarlet in some weathers, with blotches of umber), and his eyes were pale-grey; his big forehead loomed babyishly, his arms were short, and his legs bowed to the saddle. — Joe Wilson and His Mates
The blackness of their setting of up-curled lashes made them look babyishly wide. — The Head of the House of Coombe
It was an eye eloquent with gratitude and babyishly blue. — The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel
"Are you going?" and Patty put her fingertip in her mouth, and looked babyishly at him. — Patty's Social Season
And yet the wine of romance kept her almost babyishly young. — The Madigans