jejunely

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je·june

(jə-jo͞on′)

adj.

1. Not interesting; dull: "and there pour forth jejune words and useless empty phrases" (Anthony Trollope).

2. Lacking maturity; childish: surprised by their jejune responses to our problems.

3. Lacking in nutrition: a jejune diet.

[From Latin iēiūnus, meager, dry, fasting.]

je·june′ly adv.

je·june′ness n.

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Adv.

jejunely - in an immature manner; "his teenage son still behaves very immaturely"

immaturely

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However, the French law is rooted in a century-old tradition of separating church and state that cannot and should not be jejunely abandoned.