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alleylike

alleylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of an alley.

Adjective

alleylike (comparative more alleylike, superlative most alleylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an alley.
    • Under the July sun the alleylike streets brimmed with melting heat through which a flat stale odour rose from the open gutter sewers...2004, Alan Le May, Pelican coast

Forms of alleylike

comparativemore alleylike
superlativemost alleylike

Origin of alleylike

From alley + -like.

Questions about alleylike

What does alleylike mean?
Alleylike means resembling or characteristic of an alley.
What part of speech is alleylike?
Alleylike is an adjective.

Words near alleylike in the dictionary

  1. alleycatting
  2. alleyed
  3. alleyful
  4. alleyfuls
  5. alleygating
  6. alleylike
  7. Alleyman
  8. Alleymans
  9. Alleymen
  10. Alleyn
  11. Alleyne

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