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Baby-like   /bˈeɪbi-laɪk/   Listen
Baby-like

adverb
1.
Like a baby.  Synonym: baby-wise.






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"Baby-like" Quotes from Famous Books



... into years of desperately hard work and disappointingly small results, imbittered by persecution, crippled by penalties and never-ending litigation; but always there had been the little child waiting for him at home, who by her baby-like freedom from care could make him smile when he was overwhelmed with anxiety. How could he ever have endured the bitter obloquy, the slanderous attacks, the countless indignities which had met him on all sides, if there had not been one ...
— We Two • Edna Lyall

... the bush as silently as possible, still hearing the baby-like cry. At last, coming out into a little cleared space, we saw something running along the ground toward where we stood concealed. When it came nearer, we saw it was a female nshiego running on all fours, with a young one clinging to her breasts. She was eagerly eating some berries, and with ...
— Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools • Emilie Kip Baker



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