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

Equivalents

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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