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child·like

childlike

pronunciation:
chaIld laIk
part of speech: adjective
definition: like or appropriate to a child, esp. in simplicity, openness, or innocence.
Their childlike devotion touched us.
similar words:
childish, puerile, young
derivation: childlikeness (n.)