unchildlike
- a word derived from childlike.
Example Sentences
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But whether Bobby sings wistful or swingy songs in his reedy, choirboy voice, he goes at them with expert, unchildlike, vaudeville-stage punctilio.
From Time Magazine Archive
Look, the work declares in a most unchildlike way, in the world we have this, and this, and this; now let art try putting this next to that, and see what changes.
From Time Magazine Archive
And with them there was always, on this occasion, a troop of little boys and girls, dark, solemn-eyed little boys and girls, with incredibly curly hair, and strange, unchildlike noses.
From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May
Then she looked up, and the sullen, troubled, unchildlike eyes made him troubled for her sake.
From That Girl Montana by Ryan, Marah Ellis
He lay in silence with closed eyes and compressed lips, a most unchildlike expression on his thin boyish face.
From Old Mr. Wiley by Spina, Fanny Greye la
