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# childlike

adjective

«childlike» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Childlike means like a child: trusting, wondering and innocent, in a good way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childlike/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a grown-up with a young, trusting or wondering heart.

### Examples

- She had a childlike smile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childlike/#x1)
- He felt childlike wonder at the snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childlike/#x2)
- Her childlike faith made her happy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childlike/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «childlike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childlike/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«childlike» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/childlike.html) on Mova free.