childlike
childlike
Definition
child·like (c̸hīld′līk′)
adjective
- belonging or suitable to a child
- like or characteristic of a child; innocent, trusting, etc.
child′·like′·ness noun
childlike
Synonyms
childlike
modif.
childlike
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- innocence: All the fun of the fair, with non of the childlike innocence.
- simplicity: Talk about come-ons from Iowa or Texas they ain't in it with the childlike simplicity of these papers.
- wonder: They seem to retain their childlike wonder at the world around them.
- enthusiasm: A certain childlike enthusiasm is needed to drive the work forward.
- delight: They took an almost childlike delight in being naughty, I can't tell you to what level some of the dialog role-plays disintegrated.
- joy: There was a childlike joy and tenderness in him that is only seen in great souls shortly before their return home.
Modifying Another Word
- almost: Florence's vocals are, in places, almost childlike.
- rather: Possibly this is why in middle age she's rather childlike.
- very: Telling people to ' Get a life ' among other things is a very childlike thing to do.
- so: Stumbling humor but so childlike with it people let him carry on.
- too: His vocal performance is also first rate, breathing life into Sonny but never making him too childlike or annoying.
- genuinely: Rob and I now became quite genuinely childlike and demanded more rides quickly.
Used with adjective complement
childlike Quotes
Writers who drew, they all seemed to draw the same way. They managed to keep that childlike creativity in their line.
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