Meaning of mansion-like | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“It is not a scrambling collection of low single rooms, with as many roofs as windows—it is not cramped into the vulgar compactness of a square farm-house—it is a solid walled, roomy, mansion-like looking house, such as one might suppose⟳ a respectable old country family had lived in from generation to generation, through two centuries at least, and were now spending from two to three thousand a year in.”

“Rather, they are a “group” of rich 20-somethings who have⟳ gathered under the threat of an imminent hurricane at a remote, mansion-like estate to drink⟳, take⟳ drugs and pursue⟳ the murder-mystery-style role-playing game of the title, in which players must identify⟳ an unknown “killer” (who chooses his or her “targets” by tapping them on the back).”

“La Tavola’s servers inhabit this vast, mansion-like venue.”

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