child-like
Adjective
Meaning
child-like (comparative more child-like, superlative most child-like)
Alternative spelling of childlike
Alternative names
child like
Synonyms
Examples
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.
No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
Official history has been tampered with in the most extraordinary way, so that we continue to see the world in the child-like simplicity of good and evil, heroes and villains. The world is rarely like that. Therefore the need to create opposing "sides" and encourage conflict becomes essential.
No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' or 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them (or their agents, who often adopt similar titles for themselves).
I don't remember being a child, and that's why I think I'm so child-like now in my unending curiosity and approach to life.