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cartoonlike

cartoonlike adjective: resembling a cartoon.

Adjective

cartoonlike (comparative more cartoonlike, superlative most cartoonlike)

  1. Resembling a cartoon.
    • Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts.1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 14
    • The gangsters use "dese and dose" accents, the props are cartoonlike (dollar bills the size of legal paper and cardboard cutout guns), and the acting style is distinguished by histrionic poses.1988 July 1, Tom Boeker, “Little Caesar”, in Chicago Reader

Synonyms of cartoonlike

Forms of cartoonlike

comparativemore cartoonlike
superlativemost cartoonlike
alternative formcartoon-like

Origin of cartoonlike

From cartoon + -like.

Questions about cartoonlike

What does cartoonlike mean?
Cartoonlike means resembling a cartoon.
What part of speech is cartoonlike?
Cartoonlike is an adjective.

Words near cartoonlike in the dictionary

  1. cartoonization
  2. cartoonize
  3. cartoonized
  4. cartoonizes
  5. cartoonizing
  6. cartoonlike
  7. cartoons
  8. cartoony
  9. cartop
  10. cartophile
  11. cartophiles

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