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childlikenesses

childlikenesses is the plural of childlikeness.

Meaning of childlikeness

Noun

childlikeness (usually uncountable, plural childlikenesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being childlike.
    • How old was Isabel? According to all reasonable inferences from the presumed circumstances of her life, she was his elder, certainly, though by uncertain years; yet her whole aspect was that of more than childlikeness; […]1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Questions about childlikenesses

What is childlikenesses the plural of?
Childlikenesses is the plural of childlikeness.

Words near childlikenesses in the dictionary

  1. childless
  2. childlessly
  3. childlessness
  4. childlike
  5. childlikeness
  6. childlikenesses
  7. childline
  8. childlines
  9. childliness
  10. childling
  11. childlings

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