callowlyadv.
/ˈkaləʊli/, U.S. /ˈkæloʊli/ In a callow manner; immaturely, naively.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adverb] > in an inexperienced manner
callowly1900
1900 Churchman 21 Apr. 478/3 Mr. Holbrook's ‘Boys and Men’..is frankly masculine, ebulliently so in the beginning, callowly so at the close.
1931 German Q. 4 109 Like the callowly sophisticated sophomore, the hard-boiled virgin is slightly shopworn.
1981 N.Y. Times 29 May c5/4 Callowly charismatic, the producer is a throwback to Mr. Dreyfuss' ‘Duddy Kravitz’, a man who can combine greed with guilelessness.
2009 F. E. LaCroix Sky rained Heroes 257 His native reticence I callowly interpreted as disengagement, his humility as timidity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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