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chapterlike

chapterlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).

Adjective

chapterlike (comparative more chapterlike, superlative most chapterlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
    • The central narrative, purportedly the literal translation into Spanish of an English-language manuscript consisting of five numbered chapterlike sequences...2000, René de Costa, Humor in Borges
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a chapter (branch of an organisation).
    • These groups differed from previous organizations because they were composed of chapterlike committees in villages, towns, and refugee camps...2005, Frances Susan Hasso, Resistance, repression, and gender politics in occupied Palestine and Jordan

Forms of chapterlike

comparativemore chapterlike
superlativemost chapterlike

Origin of chapterlike

From chapter + -like.

Questions about chapterlike

What does chapterlike mean?
Chapterlike means resembling or characteristic of a chapter (section of a book).
What part of speech is chapterlike?
Chapterlike is an adjective.

Words near chapterlike in the dictionary

  1. chapterhouses
  2. chaptering
  3. chaptering out
  4. chapterings
  5. chapterless
  6. chapterlike
  7. chapterly
  8. chapterplay
  9. chapterplays
  10. chapters
  11. chapters of accidents

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