1. in a manner characteristic of an adolescent; immaturely or awkwardly

Examples

• He responded adolescently to the criticism, rolling his eyes and storming out.
• She giggled adolescently whenever her crush walked by.
• The teenager reacted adolescently to his parents’ rules about curfew.
• Despite being in college, he still behaved adolescently around authority figures.
• The group laughed adolescently at the inappropriate joke.
• She spoke adolescently, using excessive slang and dramatic expressions.