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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5,152 words match “LIKE”

FAIRYLIKE a.
Resembling a fairy, or what is made or done be fairies; as, fairylike music.
FANLIKE a.
Resembling a fan; -- specifically (Bot.), folded up like a fan, as certain leaves; plicate.
FELLOWLIKE a.
Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms; sympathetic. [Obs.] Udall.
FIENDLIKE a.
Fiendish; diabolical. Longfellow.
FINLIKE a.
Resembling a fin.
FISHLIKE a.
Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish. A very ancient and fishlike smell. Shak.
FOXLIKE a.
Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
GENTLEMANLIKE; GENTLEMANLY a.
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well- behaved; courteous; polite.
GHOSTLIKE a.
Like a ghost; ghastly.
GLIKE n.
A sneer; a flout. [Obs.]
GOATLIKE a.
Like a goat; goatish.
GODLIKE a.
Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue. -- God"like`ness, n.
GUILTYLIKE adv.
Guiltily. [Obs.] Shak.
HEARSELIKE a.
Suitable to a funeral. If you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. Bacon.
HOMELIKE a.
Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly.
INFANTLIKE a.
Like an infant. Shak.
LADYLIKE a. 3 definitions
Like a lady in appearance or manners; well-bred. She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days. Hawthorne.
LADYLIKENESS n.
The quality or state of being ladylike.
LAMBLIKE a.
Like a lamb; gentle; meek; inoffensive.
LAWYERLIKE; LAWYERLY a.
Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.
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