Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index C childly: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: child•ly Pronunciation: (chīld'lē), [key] — adj. Rare. childlike; childish. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: childly (Thesaurus) childlike childminder ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: musth Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language