: resembling, suggesting, or appropriate to a child or childhood
especially: marked by innocence, trust, and ingenuousness
childlike delight
childlikenessnoun
Examples of childlike in a Sentence
a grown woman with a childlike face
We gazed at it in childlike wonder.
She took a childlike glee in describing every detail.
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The narrator’s faith in this flimsy visual evidence is childlike.—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025 The popular Bandai Namco childlike-horror franchise Little Nightmares is back and with more disturbances in tow.—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025 Sprinkled with laughter and childlike energy, this debate explores the pros and cons of both worlds.—Jordan Owens, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025 Walter, the friendlier, less independent production-model variant of David, also played by Michael Fassbender, is the first of our mid-list trio of droids who keep the jittery, fragile humans around them at ease by being childlike.—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for childlike
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