Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Childlike.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a child; childlike; acquired or learned when a child.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.
- adverb Like a child.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a young child;
childlike
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective befitting a young child
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Examples
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So, please, go on telling us about snalis and stop with such childly lack of tolerance toward religious people.
No miracles this time AYDIN 2009
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Then when we got our new dining table I bought two oilcloth covers for it - the top one is a childly flowers-and-suns-and-insects pattern, but under it, for semi-special occasions which don't warrant ironing the real table linens, is a blue gingham print oilcloth, lines about 10mm wide.
She gits through 'bout ten rolls a weekof that stuff... ailbhe 2007
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Because I'm wildly confused by this childly abused, and mildly amused by the help they've refused.
poeticdragon Diary Entry poeticdragon 2005
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Faith small, world strong; but this evening something like grasping after "the childly life beyond."
A Brief Memoir with Portions of the Diary, Letters, and Other Remains, of Eliza Southall, Late of Birmingham, England Eliza Southall
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"Ah! you have kept much of the childly heart," answered Philippa smiling.
Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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He stopt short suddenly; for Rose's bright childly glance beamed at these words with all its might through his soul.
The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck Ludwig Tieck 1813
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a childly man, and we youngsters stood aloof and contemplated with awe his white, Merlin beard and tranquil but chilly eyes.
Hawthorne and His Circle Julian Hawthorne 1890
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God have pity on his gentle, childly heart, howsoever it be. "
Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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