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childlike

adjective

child·​like ˈchī(-ə)l(d)-ˌlīk How to pronounce childlike (audio)
: resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood
especially : marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness
childlike delight
childlikeness noun

Example Sentences

a grown woman with a childlike face We gazed at it in childlike wonder. She took a childlike glee in describing every detail.
Recent Examples on the Web At one point, a rash and childlike rabbit named Thumper meets Bambi. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 July 2022 King perfected her character's voice — a squeaky, babyish tone that mirrored that of the real-life Gypsy Rose, and alluded to the childlike state in which she'd been frozen by her mother — on her own, without a dialect coach. Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 29 July 2022 Its narrator is an unnamed, childlike woman, who one day awakes dressed as a schoolgirl, unable to eat, speak, or clean herself without aid. Hannah Williams, The New Yorker, 28 July 2022 There’s a lot of holding on to a childlike version of herself. Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 June 2022 For a big finish, get the Cookie Monster with three different oversized cookies that are designed to spark childlike joy. Andy Wang, Robb Report, 27 July 2022 Past life connections, nostalgia, childlike joy, someone returning from your past, memories, reunion, sweetness, kindness, gentleness, ease, simplicity. Meghan Rose, Glamour, 19 July 2022 In an interview with British GQ, the actor explained the childlike joy of filming with Vader (Hayden Christensen). Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 21 June 2022 Before, Pinocchio was always childlike: eager, curious, wondering, blundering. Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of childlike was in 1577

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