adverb
puerīliter
puerīliter (comparative puerīlius, superlative puerīlissimē)
Classical[pu.ɛˈriː.lɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[pu.eˈriː.li.ter]
Meaning
- childishly, foolishly
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
mōre puerōrumpueriliter — in Epistulae, ch. 4
pŭĕrīlĭter, adv., v. puerilis
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
puerīliter adv.
puerilis, like a child : ludentes, Ph.: blandiri, L.— Childishly, foolishly, sillily : facere.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin puerīliter From puerīlis (“boyish, childish”) + -ter.