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childliness

childliness noun: the state or quality of being childly.

Noun

childliness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being childly.

Origin of childliness

From childly + -ness.

Questions about childliness

What does childliness mean?
Childliness means the state or quality of being childly.
What part of speech is childliness?
Childliness is a noun.

Words near childliness in the dictionary

  1. childlike
  2. childlikeness
  3. childlikenesses
  4. childline
  5. childlines
  6. childliness
  7. childling
  8. childlings
  9. childlore
  10. childlove
  11. childlover

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