baby-wise
Collocations
5ADJ.
young
VERB + BABY-WISE
carrying, cuddled, stayed
BABY-WISE + NOUN
men
PREP.
off
ADV.
fleetly
Definitions
adv
In the manner of a baby.
Slowly his huge and inarticulate fist traveled to his eye, and stayed there baby-wise. / The young men of today do not cry. They turn Syndicalist instead; dimly conscious in the darkness of the wall that stands between them and the largesse of life that they feel to be their right, and flinging against that wall in an impotent fury of words and blows.
As one would a baby.
She clutched it in great haste, wrapped her apron about it, and carrying it baby-wise, ran fleetly off, casting apprehensive glances over her shoulder.
He cuddled it, baby-wise, but he looked up from it often to curse with an astonishing utter abandon straight at the noses of his captors.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adverb — like a baby
- baby-like
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Slowly his huge and inarticulate fist traveled to his eye, and stayed there baby-wise. / The young men of today do not cry. They turn Syndicalist instead; dimly conscious in the darkness of the wall t
WiktionaryShe clutched it in great haste, wrapped her apron about it, and carrying it baby-wise, ran fleetly off, casting apprehensive glances over her shoulder.
WiktionaryHe cuddled it, baby-wise, but he looked up from it often to curse with an astonishing utter abandon straight at the noses of his captors.
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