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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Childlike \Child"like\, a.
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children;
becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. ``Childlike
obedience.'' --Hooker.
Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up is commonly
in a good sense as childlike grace or simplicity;
childlike modesty.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
childlike
adj 1: befitting a young child; "childlike charm" [syn: {childly}]
2: exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike
trust" [syn: {dewey-eyed}, {simple}]
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