youthfully, adv.
(ˈjuːθfʊlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a youthful manner; with the freshness, vigour, or other characteristic of youth; like a young person; in a juvenile style.
| 1581 Mulcaster Positions xxxix. (1888) 209 Let them..defende that stoutly, which they haue begone youthfully. 1582 J. Hester Secr. Phiorav. iii. ii. 6 The face beyng washed therwith, it maketh it very faire, and preserueth it youthfully. 1638 Junius Paint. Ancients 195 If anything seemeth to be painted somewhat youthfully, it is esteemed to proceed out of a promising forwardnesse of our naturall inclinations. 1665 Manley Grotius' Low C. Wars 87 Youthfully impatient of all delay. 1808 H. More Cœlebs ix, Rather youthfully drest. 1875 Browning Aristoph. Apol. 5289 Now that the cloud has broken, sky laughs blue, Earth blossoms youthfully! |