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

• seem: But when causes are alluded to the explanation seems childlike.

• become: You may have flashbacks of stressful memories and you may become almost childlike in accepting ideas or suggestions about yourself.