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Meaning of Harry Potteresque | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the Harry Potter series.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of the fictional character Harry Potter.

Examples

“Lisa Abend’s new book reads like a Harry Potteresque version of a cook’s story and gives readers the chance to enter the hidden world of cooks.”
“‘I’ve just got an image of the Morris Minor taking to the sky. It would be rather Harry Potteresque!’”
“The acres of parkland and the huge volcano thing (it is dormant, isn’t it?) allow for plenty of outdoor romping when the weather holds. And when it doesn't, higgledy old houses and some Harry Potteresque buildings have their attractions, while the city’s gloriously gory history should keep even the most jaded of teenagers switched on to the capital and its delights.”
“Leaving behind the stained glass and tiled floors, I descended a grand, Harry Potteresque stone staircase and returned to the party in the courtyard downstairs.”
“He uses Sherlockian deduction mixed with some Harry Potteresque cryptozoological beings to determine Abigail has recently been in Eastern Europe.”
“I took responsibility for hauling up the terracotta mainsail, under the tutelage of a friendly, Harry Potteresque teenager.”
“From her dark rimmed Harry Potteresque glasses to her well coiffed hair, this is a mother on the go.”
“‘There aren’t any more doors after this,’ the store manager, Julio Sympa, corrected him, wiping his round Harry Potteresque spectacles with a thick cloth handkerchief.”
“Like his Harry Potteresque Hidden World protagonist Nate Williams—who, after suffering a premature heart attack, finds out he’s a shapeshifter—Ebersol discovered his passion for writing after a debilitating illness at 15 left him wheelchair-bound and unable to attend school.”
“The kid was adorable with his sweet face and big blue eyes behind vaguely Harry Potteresque glasses.”
“He pointed to the Harry Potteresque scar over his left eye.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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