What does baby-wise mean?
Baby-wise means In the manner of a baby..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
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.
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.
Use baby-wise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Baby-wise means In the manner of a baby..
Common synonyms include baby-like.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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