childlike

[Child·like]

Befitting a young child

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Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Adjective S.
befitting a young child; "childlike charm"

Adjective S.
exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "simple courtesy"

a.
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Childlike

Child"like , a. Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker. &hand; Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity; childlike modesty.

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

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Usage Examples

Religion can emerge in all forms of feeling: here wild anger, there the sweetest pain here consuming hatred, there the childlike smile of serene humility.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

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Other Usage Examples

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.