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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. befitting a young child;
- Example: "childlike charm"
[syn: childlike, childly]

2. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity;
- Example: "childlike trust"
- Example: "dewy-eyed innocence"
- Example: "listened in round-eyed wonder"
[syn: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Childlike \Child"like`\ (ch[imac]ld"l[imac]k`), a.
   Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children;
   becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike
   obedience." --Hooker.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly
         in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity;
         childlike modesty.
         [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

childlike
    adj 1: befitting a young child; "childlike charm" [syn:
           childlike, childly]
    2: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike
       trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed
       wonder" [syn: childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-
       eyed, simple]