youthfullyadv.
/ˈjuːθfᵿli/, /ˈjuːθfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈjuθfəli/ In a youthful manner; with the freshness, vigour, or other characteristic of youth; like a young person; in a juvenile style.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > youth > [adverb]
youngly1533
youthly1541
youthfully1581
youthlike1582
puerilely1654
verdantly1828
youthily1839
juvenilely1889
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 211 Let them..defende that stoutly, which they haue begone youthfully.
1582 J. Hester tr. L. Fioravanti Compend. Rationall Secretes iii. ii. 6 The face beyng washed therwith, it maketh it very faire, and preserueth it youthfully.
1638 F. Junius Painting of 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 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 87 Youthfully impatient of all delay.
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. ix. 97 Rather youthfully drest.
1875 R. Browning Aristophanes' Apol. 341 Now that the cloud has broken, sky laughs blue, Earth blossoms youthfully!
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