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English Dictionary: Childlike by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy- eyed, simple
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. [bd]Childlike
      obedience.[b8] --Hooker.
  
      Note: Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly
               in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity;
               childlike modesty.
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