Words similar to childlike

Example sentences for: childlike

How can you use “childlike” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The beauty of Kline's Bottom is its childlike straightforwardness and simplicity.
But we gradually realize that this Nora, in fact, is playing the role that's expected of her--merely "playing tricks," as she says in the last act--and that there's another Nora beneath the childlike silliness that will astonish even her.
It's possible that Besieged is meant to be vaguely allegorical: The African is seduced by the crumbling decadence of Europe while the European falls for the childlike simplicity of Africa.
Lewinsky--dubbed a "zaftig little rascal" by the hometown LAT --is generally perceived as childlike, weak, and sort of, like, stupid.
Some of these terms go to the opposite extreme, suggesting a warm and fuzzy, childlike relationship that seems all too naively trusting, as if Little Red Riding Hood really could trust the wolf dressed as her grandmother.