Meaning of -like | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling, having some of the characteristics of (used to form adjectives from nouns).
   morpheme
2. Used to form adverbs from adjectives or nouns; alternative of -ly.
   dialectal, morpheme

Examples

“Even at 13 years old, she still had a childlike voice.”

“I saw the snake-like coils of the garden hose peeking out from under the deck.”

“1996, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game page 128 under "Dark" Damage: Those with normal, human-like vision are blind”

“What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods? […] Because the audience couldn’t possibly be expected to know who the Curies were, let alone that they were married and died of radiation poisoning, and devoting precious time to a scene of the scientists as Mothra-like destroyers does nothing but waste time and alienate an audience that just wants to hear characters spout their catchphrases.”

“Hah! Big, bad Punio. Listen to yourself! Trying to sound all important-like!”

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