Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
- With ripe care; thoroughly: as, a prince entering on war ought maturely to consider the state of his finances.
- Speedily; quickly.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a mature manner; with ripeness; completely.
- adv. With caution; deliberately.
- adv. A Latinism, little used Early; soon.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a mature manner
Etymologies
- mature + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I find my daughter’s capacity to behave maturely is inversely related to the number of other ten-year-olds present.”
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“Since ... uh ... probably from the point in time i could think 'maturely' and not think 'wehhhhhhhhh' so that i'd get food or my nappies changed.”
“But even though they were relatively close in age, Chane said the soldiers behaved much more "maturely" and "older" than anyone he knew.”
“The code covers general standards pertaining to all ICT professionals, including: avoiding or managing conflicts of interest; maintaining competence; adhering to the client's ways of working and applying and promoting other appropriate standards; keeping knowledge up-to-date through training and communicating with fellow professionals; providing expert advice as far as possible but acknowledging the limits of one's expertise; using appropriate methods and tools; managing workload efficiently; providing and accepting constructive criticism "maturely" and maintaining constructive relationships with colleagues; respecting the interests of the client; promoting good practice such as an appropriate level of documentation, quality assurance, respecting the confidence of personal data and promoting "a culture within the organisation which strives for continuous improvement".”
“Remember, this is the network that pre-maturely cancelled Firefly, Arrested Development, The Tick, Family Guy (which was only brought back due to high DVD sales), Undeclared, Futurama, Dark Angel, Sliders … Have I made my point yet or should I keep going?”
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“Sounds like the two of them are handling things maturely, blow up doll and all!”
“Rather, the basis for any comparison should be the root cause of the problem, and that is the unwillingness of each country's politicians to effectively and maturely deal with the mounting debt in their economy.”
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“I (perhaps naively) expect them to be willing to bite the bullet and act maturely when their earnings inevitably drop.”
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“Longer term, says Jeff Smisek , chief executive of United Continental, there has been a move "to professional management, as opposed to more charismatic, cowboy management," which is helping airlines behave more maturely, stabilize their businesses and focus on earning their cost of capital.”
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“Charles appeared in the hall in eighth grade sporting the first beard, and I acted maturely toward it, as if it did not faze me that he had grown a beard over the summer and that his mother, Gretchen, and his father, Father, had allowed him to do it.”
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