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How to pronounce childlike in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dewy-eyed, round-eyed, simple, wide-eyed


childlike trust.
Type Words
Synonyms childly


childlike charm.

Examples of childlike

childlike
She is almost childlike in the way she connects with herself and with the world.
From the independent.co.uk
Hand in hand with the human love for pictures goes a childlike love of nonsense.
From the theatlantic.com
Her portrayal will reflect Rosina's childlike insouciance and savvy calculation.
From the kansas.com
With an almost childlike imagination, they thought outside the box, so to speak.
From the post-gazette.com
The likable Scott Browning misses that childlike quality in Lucy's friend Larry.
From the orlandosentinel.com
It is much more existential and much more fantasy world and much more childlike.
From the metro.co.uk
When she finally spoke again, her once-confident voice sounded nearly childlike.
From the well.blogs.nytimes.com
Mandy's great zest for life was expressed in many, often childlike, enthusiasms.
From the guardian.co.uk
She grows through the play but her childlike innocence shines through in the end.
From the dailyherald.com
More examples
  • Befitting a young child; "childlike charm"
  • Exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"
  • Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless; of, like, or suitable for a child; meek; submissive