Meaning

(archaic) Like a young person or thing; young; youthful..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic) Like a young person or thing; young; youthful.
2. (archaic) While young; as a youth.
3. (rare) In a young or youthful manner; youthfully

Example Sentences

How youngly he began to serve his country

As I mine eye about-e cast, His larg-e beard-e then at last I saw; and thought anon therefore How that his father him before, Which stood upon the sam-e place, Was beardless, with a youngly face.

Preacher how dance bunny-trot. When Hon. Sadson got through, he feel quite puffed but very enjoyable and say that, if youngly men would dance with preachers, tango would seem quite sinless.

By the time he was a youngly adult dragon, he had secured a position as the most ruthless and feared bounty hunter in the Realm.

And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st

In six sexless weeks the least "good" of the twenty or so French books I've read is the diary of the youngly-dead Jean-Rene Huguenin (all the rage), because it lacks gossip and carnality, the very stuff of journals.

The youngly born brother made no explanation of his sense of offense other than to go over and give Artie a stolid and resounding blow.

Refusing to go back to writing things he now thought "youngly glamorous," like Soldiers' Pay, or "trashily smart," like Mosquitoes, he decided to go on even if it meant relinquishing his dream of success.

Word Forms

• more youngly
• most youngly

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Use youngly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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