† ˈbabishly, adv.
[f. babish a. + -ly2.]
In the manner of a babe or infant.
| a 1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 147 Childishly and babishly deluded. 1625 Ussher Answ. Jesuit 493 Our Challenger..will hardly find one Father..that ever spake so babishly herein. |