adolescently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English adolescent

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English adolescently

From adolescent + -ly.

Adverb

adolescently (comparative more adolescently, superlative most adolescently)

1. In an adolescent manner; like a teenager.

Translations

like a teenager

• Portuguese: adolescentemente