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Webster 1913 Edition
Childlike
Child′likeˊ
(chīld′līkˊ)
, Adj.
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.
“Childlike obedience.” Hooker.
☞ Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as,
childlike
grace or simplicity; childlike
modesty. Webster 1828 Edition
Childlike
CHILDLIKE
,Adj.
Definition 2025
childlike
childlike
See also: child-like
English
Adjective
childlike (comparative more childlike, superlative most childlike)
Quotations
- 1859: Henry Barnard, Pestalozzi and Pestalozzianism
- And on the other hand, fatherly and childlike feelings in the national spirit, are the sources of all pure national blessings.
- 1894: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Lessings Nathan Der Weise
- He certainly has childlike simplicity, and all the qualities which go to make up a true Christian character.
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of, like, or suitable for a child