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Meanings of so childlike in English

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Usage of so childlike in English
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And with it all they are so childlike and so simple-theseheroes.
With Those Who Wait
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She was so childlike in her frankness, I could not fault her.
Sins of the Fathers
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Not so childlike and honest, however, are our new acquaintances, the Persians.
Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume I / From San Francisco to...
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How could so childlike a creature take an oath to commit murder?
I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross
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In some respects she was so childlike; her big blue eyes were so ingenuous.
The Wings of the Morning
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To so childlike a nature, the recent scene took the proportions of a catastrophe.
Poor Relations
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She was so slight, so childlike, so apparently different from the sturdy country girls.
One Basket
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It is so bright, so airy, so childlike, so without either past or future!
The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 2
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Glory could have cried for joy of it all-itwas so simple, so human, so childlike.
The Christian: A Story
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The girl looked so guileless and so childlike.
Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
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There was something so childlike in this that it almost overcame the woman's steadily guarded calm.
Westways: A Village Chronicle
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She looked so childlike that Howard paused and said: "What is it- afairystory?"
The Great God Success: A Novel
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She looked so pathetic and so upset, and so childlike with a blue bow in her hair.
Heartbeat
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The execution is not quite so childlike and bland as Mr. Leslie's; it is heavier and more stodgy.
Modern Painting
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He didn't look so childlike anymore.
Bones of the Dragon
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Great affairs are sometimes so childlike.
The Masques of Ottawa
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