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I watched Vladimir Putin do Q&A with high school students. One asked him
What event most impacted your life?
Putin gave a very genuine answer related to the collapse of the Soviet Union that went way over the head of the 16-yr old. He then apologized and said:
Forgive me. A very adult answer for a very adult question.
Is it correct to say:
大人的な質問 or 大人みたいな質問
and would the whole translation be
大人的な質問によって、大人的な答え、すみません。
My personal recommendation would be to use the slightly colloquial 「オトナな」 with 「オトナ」 in katakana.
I am sure that is not a word taught in Japanese-as-a-foreign-language, but I feel it would fit the situation well.
「大人的{おとなてき}な」 sounds way too stiff and 「大人みたいな」 sounds unnatural for using 「みたい」 because President Putin actually is an adult.
「ゴメンね。非常{ひじょう}にオトナな質問{しつもん}に対{たい}する非常にオトナな回答{かいとう}だったようだ。」
