Childlike Definition

chīldlīk
child-like
adjective
Belonging or suitable to a child.
Webster's New World
Like or characteristic of a child; innocent, trusting, etc.
Webster's New World

Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

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Origin of Childlike

  • child +‎ -like

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Childlike Sentence Examples

  • She looked at him inquiringly and with childlike reproach.

  • Pierre approached, looking at her in a childlike way through his spectacles.

  • Cynthia sat huddled in the corner of her seat, away from Dean, her tiny size looking childlike as she trembled, in spite of the fact the Jeep's heater was set on high.

  • Her glittering eyes, filled with childlike fear and excitement, rested on him without changing their expression.

  • The great amiability and childlike simplicity of Ampere's character are well brought out in his Journal et correspondence (Paris, 1872).

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