1. childlike - Adjective
2. childlike - Adjective Satellite
Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.
Source: Webster's dictionaryGolf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five. John Updike
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. Honoré de Balzac
One thing I have learned in a long life that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike - and yet it is the most precious thing we have. Albert Einstein
To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting. Paul Newman
My mother spoke of Christ to my father, by her feminine and childlike virtues, and, after having borne his violence without a murmur or complaint, gained him at the close of his life to Christ. Augustine of Hippo
Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy. Tryon Edwards