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childlike |
2 definitions found 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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