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Webster 1913 Edition

(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.

Adj.

Resembling a child or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful; as childlike obedience.