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childlike

[ chahyld-lahyk ]

adjective

  1. like a child, as in innocence, frankness, etc.; befitting a child:

    childlike trust.

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childlike

/ ˈʃɪˌɪ /

adjective

  1. like or befitting a child, as in being innocent, trustful, etc Compare childish
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󾱱ln noun
  • ܲ·󾱱l adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of childlike1

First recorded in 1580–90; child + -like
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At the Oscars, Bergman delivered her own take on the character, making her sound less childlike and more like a proper preschool teacher.

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I’m always filled with childlike wonder, even though I’ve been there a million times by now.

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It’s a Small World, via its whimsy and childlike wonder, makes clear we’re not really all that different, rendering the divisions and hate in the world temporarily meaningless.

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“We were shooting this montage of grotesque deaths and he just had this lightness to his touch. There’s something so playful and almost childlike — it inspires a lot of trust in him.”

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Cabbagestalk said he hopes guests will have the same sense of childlike wonder that he had when they come to these events.

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