childlike
adjective
unchildlike
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a word derived from
childlike.
Example Sentences
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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
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
He did not look at her face, or its strained unchildlike expression might have alarmed him.
From Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life by Caroline Austin
In spite of her queer, unchildlike ways, Tania knew enough to understand that if she could only find some one to telegraph to her friends they would soon come to her.
From Madge Morton's Victory by Amy D. V. Chalmers
Jim’s lips took on a most unchildlike set, and his eyes searched her face with a look she could not understand.
From The Torch Bearer A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston
