childlike
Origin of childlike
1synonym study For childlike
Other words for childlike
Opposites for childlike
Other words from childlike
- childlikeness, noun
- un·child·like, adjective
Words that may be confused with childlike
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How to use childlike in a sentence
Rose was still beautiful, but her face had lost its childlikeness, and gained something more dominant.
Was It Right to Forgive? | Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrHis puritanism and his childlikeness only make his teaching more dangerous because more piquant.
Among Famous Books | John KelmanThe childlikeness, the beauty of his nature revealed it in everything he did; and he was only twenty-two years old.
Fairfax and His Pride | Marie Van VorstAs if there was ever a Celestial who, for all his childlikeness and blandness, was not very wide-awake indeed!
This childlikeness, combined with her happy temperament, had kept her singularly contented in her monotonous life.
Ramona | Helen Hunt Jackson
British Dictionary definitions for childlike
/ (ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk) /
like or befitting a child, as in being innocent, trustful, etc: Compare childish (def. 2)
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