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• s  befitting a young child
  childlike charm
• s  exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity
  childlike trust

• For a moment, Tip stays where she is, her childlike hands clasped in front, bony elbows between her knees.
• Even then, at age 39, he was a stern, solitary man with childlike eyes and a mystical longing for primitive things.
• She seemed to be in a constant state of bliss, of childlike wonder.

• childly
• wide-eyed
• round-eyed
• dewy-eyed
• simple

News & Articles

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• Apple redesign a disaster? Tech experts complain of 'childlike' operating system
  Tech experts blasted Apple for the biggest change to iOS since the launch of the first iPhone in 2007, calling it “childlike” and “shockingly basic." 
  June 11, 2013 - Fox News
• Mad Men recap: 'Favors'
  In Sunday's very strong episode, the "adults" of Mad Men prove just how childlike they really are
  June 10, 2013 - The Week via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Larry Harmon in USA Today
  Bozo is a combination of the wonderful wisdom of the adult and the childlike ways in all of us,Harmon said.
• Patrick Dempsey in International Herald Tribune
  You feel very naive and childlike in a lot of ways,said Dempsey, whose mother needed treatment for cancer several years ago. "You have to give over a lot of power to these people who may or may not understand what your needs are, or care,...
• Jon Favreau in Kansas City Star
  He was experienced and helped guide me while never losing his childlike enthusiasm,Favreau said in a statement. "I knew that he was struggling, but I had no idea that he would be gone so soon. Hollywood has lost a shining star."